Lynne Spears' new memoir, 'Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World,' details the ups and downs of a normal family from Kentwood, La., which lands in the harsh world of show biz.
"I wanted the truth out in my own words for myself and my family," she tells People of writing the book, which chronicles Britney's highly publicized troubles and Jamie Lynn's pregnancy at 16. The latter, says Lynne, "was probably the hardest time in my life."
But is Britney still speaking to her after all the details have been spilled? Lynne's once-troubled relationship with Britney "has undergone tremendous healing," she says. "We are back to four or five phone calls a day."
She says Britney and her oldest child, Bryan, 31, have yet to read the book while youngest daughter Jamie Lynn gave it a thumbs up.
"Jamie Lynn loved the book. I started to cry because I told her, 'I wanted so much for you to like it.' And she got up and kissed me on the cheek and said, 'Mama, thank you so much.'"
When asked if she would do it the same all over again, if she would let her daughters Britney and Jamie Lynn go in to show biz, she replied: "I think you have to let them follow their dreams. I think it would be worse in the end if you didn't."
