Transparent: Between the Fire and the Rain Is the Truth - Softcover

Tina Campell; Sherri Mitchell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1566251923 ISBN 13: 9781566251921

Publisher: Bonus Books, 2003

Synopsis

Like any famous music group, Mary Mary has a significant fan base. While most celebrities' fans would be content knowing their group's favorite colors or fashion designers, the fans of Mary Mary look for more from this groundbreaking duo: they want to know how to live a creative, successful Christian life. In sharing Mary Mary's story, Transparent is as much a guide to life as it is a biography.

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Synopsis

Like any famous music group, Mary Mary has a significant fan base. While most celebrities' fans would be content knowing their group's favourite colours or fashion designers, the fans of Mary Mary look for more from this groundbreaking duo: they want to know how to live a creative, successful Christian life. In sharing Mary Mary's story, this is as much a guide to life as it is a biography. Many Christians, including musicians and other entertainers, have felt the push to sacrifice their morals or abandon their faith in exchange for commercial success. But legions of Christian fans hunger for artists who have 'made it' without compromising their walks with God. Mary Mary is one such group -- and with a Grammy, a Soul Train Award, and an NAACP Image Award nomination to prove it, they have been enormously successful. This book takes readers along on Erica and Tina Atkins' journey from growing up in Inglewood, California, with gospel-singing parents and six other siblings to singing with secular R&B and soul performers, to putting out platinum-selling Christian albums, all without selling out their beliefs.

The sisters share how their faith in Jesus Christ helped them to overcome personal and professional obstacles. This book appeals not only to Christians, but also to anyone who appreciates strong music and a strong sense of integrity.

About the Author

Growing up in sisters in a large family in Inglewood, California, Erica and Tina Campbell first sang publicly in the local church choir and received their first break in 1998 with a song on the "Prince of Egypt "soundtrack. Now, they are three-time Grammy winners--their most recent being their 2009 win was for Best Gospel Performance for their hit single, "Get Up." They are also Dove, Stellar, MOBO, and American Music Award winners. Their group name was inspired by the two Marys in the Bible--Mary, the mother of Jesus, and Mary Magdalene, a "loose" woman. Mary Mary wants their duo name to communicat that God's love is extended to all. This R&B, urban gospel duo performs for audiences of thousands across the country.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bonus Books
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1566251923
• ISBN 13: 9781566251921
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 100