Jackson Family Values: A Private Diary

Thank you Margaret for standing up for Michael Jackson iam so sorry you went through all that all the Jacksons don't care who they hurt except for Michael Jackson they all used Michael Jackson I've read a lot of books and I believe your story I wasn't sure about Kathrine Jackson until I read your book and others and Michael Jackson books Kathrine Jackson was just as greedy as the rest and all no one cared about Michael Jackson but you it makes us Michael Jackson fans upset in everything and after Michael Jackson passed I fell really sorry for Michael Jackson kids and all tej Jacksons fighting over his estate and kids and money there all greedy including the backstabbing Debbie Rowe turning against Michael Jackson the only way that was true to Michael Jackson was Lisa Marie Presley and you

I bought this book wanting to learn more about the secretive lives of the Jacksons, but what I found as I read it was actually the tale of an inspirational woman who was able to rise above the madness that is the Jackson family and find her true self and her own independence. Margaret bares no grudge against the Jacksons, and you can tell in the way the book is written, as if she almost has to laugh at the insanity of it all now looking back. And it is insanity. The Jacksons have long been known to be dysfunctional, but never have I seen such an in depth account of the chaos that is their world. The book really makes you see how little respect the Jackson men (with the exception of Marlon and Michael) have for women, and how backwards Katherine is in her thinking. People speak of the effects Joseph Jackson's abuse has had on his children, but few point out that Katherine has possibly been just as damaging. Like LaToya's book, Hayvenhurst comes off as a prison with the inmates often subjected to physical and emotional abuse. You see how much the family leeches off of Janet and Michael, and you can begin to understand why the Jacksons have a distinct distrust of each other, Jacksonian paranoia as Margaret calls it. You're really rooting for Margaret in the book and you really feel for her. Through it all though, you can tell that her children are always her main concern. I hope Jermaine has sorted out his womanizing issues and has started paying his child support (although that seems unlikely as I don't know what source of income he would have). And I am truly, truly happy to see that Margaret has moved on her life, creating a successful agency to her name with her new husband. All the best of luck and happiness to you Margaret, you are an amazing woman and an inspiration to any woman who has ever suffered from abuse and dead-beat dads. You prove that it is possible to stand on your own two feet with enough creativity and will power.

This book was incredible. I would have never imagined that the personal lives of the Jackson Family could have been so bazaar. At times I could not stop laughing. I was actually in tears from laughing so hard. However, there were other incidents that were very sad and yet other incidents that were simply incredible. I was unable to put this book down. A must read!!

This was a really interesting book. I know a few things about the Jacksons and have read other books as well, by LaToya, by Michael, by Katherine and I have no reason to doubt that Margaret's book "JACKSON FAMILY VALUES" is the most honest of them all. The Jacksons are surely a family with double-standards, most of them the parents and Jermaine Jackson. Cheating on their wives seems to be an everyday-thing in the Jackson family and while many people thing this book is only bashing I think she has been really fair and honest. Plus it is very interesting to read. Margaret and her co-writer Richard Hack did an amazing job.

This is a wonderful story on how Margret tells the tails of her ''memories of madness'' while being married to Jermaine Jackson and her experiences while living in the Jackson Family home in Encino California. For people who are or have always wanted to know what it would be like to live in the Jackson family home or who have always wanted to know what the Jacksons are like,this book is a must read for you. I am 13 years old and was still intrested in it. So if it can please me. I am absolutly,positivly sure that you will like it too.