Ike tortured her in every way possible for years. He viciously beat her regularly, and when he wasn't beating her he was mercilessly dragging her from one show to another to perform with no breaks. And in between these abuses he was openly having sexual escapades with various women. The iniquities were boundless. But I say she was weak because every time she drew a line in the sand with Ike's behavior he would cross it... and she would stay. There comes a transitional point with me when sympathy becomes indifference and then disgust. I've read too many stories of victims who were real helpless victims: Jayce Duggard (held captive 18 years), Elizabeth Fritzl (held captive by her father for 24 years), Sylvia Likens (16 year old tortured to death by her caregiver). These were truly helpless victims. Tina Turner, while a victim, was not helpless. Definitely, something psychological was keeping her strapped to Ike Turner's side but she still had the capacity to escape that situation and the proof is in the fact that she eventually did. I admit, this is a matter I need to read more about; there has to me more to why she stayed when so many other women Ike abused had left.

With her recent passing, I decided it was time to read this book. Tina's passing hit me pretty hard. It’s crazy how much Tina had loyalty to her when Ike could careless about her. I was hoping she would admit to having some type of PTSD but she went pass that and right into nam myoho renge kyo. With all the women that were around and scared of Ike all of them should’ve jumped his ass. It was only i started to read the comments underneath the videos that people were bad mouthing Ike Turner, calling him a "coward" etc. It was after i watched the VH1 documentary on Tina Turner, that i found out that Ike was abusing her all these years. I could not believe it, i mean when i watched them performing on stage together, i would not think that there was something going on behind the scenes. Although I, Tina is a serious it is very humorous. I, Tina has very sad parts but I thought they were hilarious. The book has tons of emotional chapters it makes me feel like i was in Tina Turner's shoes but even though is heavily emotional it makes me laugh. A funny part of the book was when Ike Turner made Tina eat the cake. It was funny but sad at the same time because it wasn't funny to Tina.We recommend booking at least four weeks in advance to take advantage of the range of prices available. Tina, on the other hand, was an enigma. She was both weak and strong. I'm going to sound real insensitive when I say this, but her weakness was in her inability to leave a man that was probably going to kill her. I'm very well aware of battered women syndrome and of the myriad of reasons women say they can't leave their abusive spouse--that doesn't mean I understand it. I would like to understand, but when I hear a woman who has the physical and mental ability to remove herself from her destructive situation yet doesn't... I don't understand.

I also saw the movie adaptation of this book; "What's Love Got To Do With It" starring Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne, great performances by both actors. Now i have just finished reading the whole book "I, Tina". I must say that, if you saw the movie, you need to read this book, as the movie only tells a small proportion of what went on behind the scenes. I noticed this abrupt change first when Lorraine stands over Tina with the gun in the movie and tells her “Your not worth it.” Then the next thing you know she goes in the bathroom and you hear a gunshot. I don’t think in the movie, it was made clear at all that this was Ike’s wife Then maybe it was just me but after that scene, I thought she’d went in the bathroom and committed suicide because I don’t really remember seeing her anymore. Therefore, it came as a surprise to me to find out that through most of this book and Tina’s pregnancies, he was still with and MARRIED to this woman. Which if you know this then it kind of sours the whole thing. Her story with Ike was one that took her through everything that can happen in life - sex, drugs, fame, guns, drug dealing, sex parties - etc. I will not go further, but I will say that after reading this, recalling videos of her and what I experienced from her and looking at her interviews from the last ten years, one thing is clear - Tina CHOSE to endure what she did as she was looking for fame, fortune, to display her talents and to get out of Nutbush, TN! Yes, she did try to escape and she eventually did, but she stayed because it was working for her.This book came to me by way of one of my book clubs. We wanted to focus on womens' stories for a while. It is an unusal approach in that parts are written in Tina's own words, other parts are narrative provided by music journalist Kurt Loder, and interviews with others in Tina's life. The latter includes direct comments from her abusive ex — Ike Turner — and her sons. It is surprising that they spoke so honestly after the fact. Of course, Ike is in major denial, at least at the time the book was published. For your comfort and convenience, we are offering multiple service options to reduce congestion at the bars: In 1993 I saw the movie "What's Love Got to Do with it" and loved it. Just recently the movie came on T.V. and I saw in the opening credits that it was based upon the book "I, Tina". Right then I knew I had to buy that book. The first major thing I noticed about this one was it was written in so many voices. It wasn’t just “Tina” talking. It was Ike. It was Anne. It might be an artist that worked with Tina. It might have been the narrator. If your reading this with your eyes, you may seen when it switches to her voice. When you're reading this with your ears, (like I was off and on) it can give you a confused (hunh?) moment when you hear the narrator describing Nutbush and then hear Tina herself talking about a night spot she went to and what went on there. WAY TOO MANY VOICES! It definitely wasn’t what I was use to. The biographies I read are the celebrity themselves telling their own story without commentary from the people in their live. (Although the next auto-biography I read following did the same, it was a bit clearer to keep all the voices separate). While the film was adapted from this book, there were a lot of differences. Certain things were fictionalized for dramatic purposes.

Many of the restricted view seats offer a generally good view of the stage but you may miss a few moments of the action. These seats are usually priced lower to reflect this and can be a good value option. It was also nice that Tina has a chance to talk about the spiritual side in her life which has always been a big part of her later life - all in all "I, Tina" is a journey and a tale about one's inner strengths and other powers in this world. I'd say it's a book you can learn from !

The marriage scene while true (in that they did get “married” in Mexico) was “fake” because he was ALREADY married and it wasn’t done out of “love”. It was done out of fear. Even the infamous cake scene happened but it didn’t happen like the movie portrayed it. If it wasn't for the August reading challenge, probably I wouldn't have read this book. I'm so glad that I did!

It's a bit different from other biographies as it's not just from Tina's view. Many others, including Ike - gross - were interviewed for this biography. Tina admits that she did not want to leave Ike as she promised not to, plus she admits that she only got with him for the purposes of having a singing career. That is why she started to sing in the club so that Ike would take notice. Singers love to sing so that people can hear them. I am not saying that she deserved to get abused - as she did not, but as long as the group was working, she stayed. Once their popularity was going down, then she really has the power to leave, as it is easier to leave when there is nothing in it for you. Das Buch endet mit einem Epilog von Tina Turner. Unter anderem schreibt sie: "I'm 46 years old now. A lot of people seem to think that anybody that age ought to be looking around for a place to lie down and die." (p.251) I like Tina Turner's music and I knew bits and pieces about her life but I never thought that this wonderful woman suffered for so long. She's amazingly strong and full of energy but I don't know how she managed to endure such abuses for years and come out of it stronger than ever. I'm happy that in the end her dreams came true.

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Please include your telephone number, preferred performance date and time, and access requirements. Groups There was a quote I wrote down that spoke to me at the end. It said “What was it like when I walked out and left Ike? Yeah I was afraid, but sometimes you’ve got to let everything go-purge yourself- I did that. I had nothing but I had my freedom. My message, and I do hope that in this book there is a message for the people-is if there is anything you are unhappy with your mother your father your husband your family your job your boss your car whatever is bringing you down GET RID OF IT Because you’ll find that when you do your true creativity and true self comes out.” I like that but it’s not so easy sometimes to rid yourself of some things (like family) even if it doesn’t make you happy.