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Shaped by a troubled childhood, Janis Hunter found solace with Marvin Gaye—the soulful prince of Motown with the seductive liquid voice, whose genius chart-topping, socially conscious album “What’s Going On” made him a superstar when it was released in 1971. Despite a seventeen-year age difference and Marvin's marriage to Motown founder Berry Gordy’s sister, the enchanted teenager and the emotionally volatile singer began a scorching relationship soon after they met in February 1973. Their romance navigated the hippie highlife of the seventies and took the couple from one adventure to another. But the distractions and burdens of fame, the chaos of dysfunctional families, and the irresistible temptation of drugs complicated the love they shared. Marvin and Jan hurt each other, and their relationship descended in to a dark place, but the attraction was too magnetic and the love was too strong to let go. A searing memoir of love, drugs, sex, and old school R&B that is unsparing in its honesty and insight, After the Dance is the the moving, passionate story of one of music history’s most fabled relationships. Jan Gaye reveals what it's like to be in love with an artistic genius, a man whose words and music have touched the world and made him a legend.

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After the Dance: My Life With Marvin Gaye is billed as a new tell-all memoir. And it lives up to the hype. -- LA Weekly With sensitivity and insight, Gaye examines their explosive four-year marriage, ultimately making peace with the dark side of one of America's most influential partners. -- O, The Oprah Magazine Jan's writing ... is engaging, steamy, harrowing, and insightful. -- Library Journal ...a story told honestly and directly, with real passion and plenty of behind-the-scenes insight. -- Booklist If your heart is not affected greatly after reading, it's time for a checkup... What a fabulous book of poems. -- Washington Independent Review of Books Jan and Marvin's love affair is hot-and at times amazingly cold. We see how love can bring people together as well as tear them apart. This fascinating and entertaining memoir is an unforgettable education on the power of love. -- Zane, New York Times bestselling author With raw and penetrating honesty, this memoir reveals everything audiences ever wanted to know about Marvin Gaye's life. Most important, this is also a story of a woman courageously sharing her voice, her story. -- bell hooks, author of Ain't I a Woman The story made me emotional, confused, and sympathetic, all at the same time. Love, drugs, power, and demons-with a hint of other celebrity lives intertwined-make up Jan's story with the legendary crooner. The raw storytelling, full of secrets kept until now, makes this book a treasure. -- LisaRaye McCoy, actress This stunning memoir is hot! It's also unforgettable in its pain and vulnerability, which Jan Gaye presents with raw honesty. It will make all women love differently, but probably no less passionately. -- Grace Octavia, author of Something She Can Feel

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Jan Gaye is the second wife of the legendary recording artist Marvin Gaye and the mother of his children, Nona and Frankie Gaye. Born in Los Angeles, she currently resides in Rhode Island.

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