Sisters: A Revealing Portrait of the Worlds Most Famous Diva
by Jackie Callas
Category: Sopranos (Singers)

Jackie Callas is Maria's closest living relative and the only person who knew the true story of her early years, the years before her fame transformed her. Jackie knew her sister before the hard shell of her public personality was formed, a shell that even Maria's husband could not crack, and that brought terrible grief to the family she left behind. This moving and poignant book demonstrates the burden that great talent and artistic genius can inflict, both on those who possess it and those who must live near it. It explores the psychological background of a brilliant artist and the way the creative animal within, Maria Callas, diva, eventually consumed its host, the shy, plain daughter of Greek immigrants. Sisters is a sad, powerful and moving book about a woman who gained everything she had ever dreamed of, wealth, fame, the adulation of men, but lost everything that made her human. Maria Callas' life was lived on a stage. This is the private story. - Back cover.