MJSTAR is loving the new book by Jermaine Jackson. The following review comes from the British Newspaper “The Independent” – here are some highlights:<\/p>\n
It\u2019s hard to repress this memory when reading Jermaine Jackson\u2019s account of the Michael he knew. To know all is to forgive all, and Jermaine, four years Michael\u2019s senior, knows most things.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s true that their father beat them \u2013 one child had to go out and find a stick just big enough for his father to thrash him with \u2013 and it\u2019s true that the Jackson Five practised at the expense of any normal upbringing. So is that what made Michael so weird? In part, and yet, there\u2019s a control in the human experiment that is Michael Jackson. There were nine of these children, six of whom were in the Jackson Five (they had a subs bench, after all), and two of whom are La Toya and Janet.<\/p>\n
Throughout this memoir, Jermaine Jackson is surprisingly sound. He has an answer for most nagging questions. On Michael\u2019s translucent complexion, he explains all about the skin disease vitiligo, and how the cream can change the colour of acne-affected areas.<\/p>\n
He suggests that it is a form of body dysmorphia: \u201cOver the years I wanted to shake him and say, \u2018Michael, can you not see how damn handsome you are?\u2019 But it was such a sensitive issue… and he failed to realise that his self-esteem was not something a knife could correct.\u201d<\/p>\n
He is convincing, too, about the world of Neverland. After all, it\u2019s possible to say anything about Michael and pass it off as testimony (he did it himself about the hyperbaric chamber in which he never actually slept). Dr Evan Chandler, whose son Jordie stayed at Neverland, was quoted by his ex-wife as saying that the relationship was \u201ca wonderful means for Jordie of not having to worry for the rest of his life\u201d.<\/p>\n
CLICK TO READ FULL REVIEW<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MJSTAR is loving the new book by Jermaine Jackson. The following review comes from the British Newspaper “The Independent” – here are some highlights: It\u2019s hard to repress this memory when reading Jermaine Jackson\u2019s account of the Michael he knew. To know all is to forgive all, and Jermaine, four years Michael\u2019s senior, knows most […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-michael-jackson-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
REVIEWED: Jermaine Jackson - You Are Not Alone - Michael Jackson MJSTAR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/10\/reviewed-jermaine-jackson-you-are-not-alone\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"REVIEWED: Jermaine Jackson - You Are Not Alone - Michael Jackson MJSTAR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"MJSTAR is loving the new book by Jermaine Jackson. The following review comes from the British Newspaper “The Independent” – here are some highlights: It\u2019s hard to repress this memory when reading Jermaine Jackson\u2019s account of the Michael he knew. To know all is to forgive all, and Jermaine, four years Michael\u2019s senior, knows most […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/10\/reviewed-jermaine-jackson-you-are-not-alone\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Michael Jackson MJSTAR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/mjstaronline\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-10-24T19:40:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2011\\\/10\\\/reviewed-jermaine-jackson-you-are-not-alone\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2011\\\/10\\\/reviewed-jermaine-jackson-you-are-not-alone\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/23490550cd6d5237805f04611a00790f\"},\"headline\":\"REVIEWED: Jermaine Jackson – You Are Not Alone\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-10-24T19:40:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2011\\\/10\\\/reviewed-jermaine-jackson-you-are-not-alone\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":337,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"mjstar\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2011\\\/10\\\/reviewed-jermaine-jackson-you-are-not-alone\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2011\\\/10\\\/reviewed-jermaine-jackson-you-are-not-alone\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2011\\\/10\\\/reviewed-jermaine-jackson-you-are-not-alone\\\/\",\"name\":\"REVIEWED: Jermaine Jackson - You Are Not Alone - Michael Jackson MJSTAR\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-10-24T19:40:18+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2011\\\/10\\\/reviewed-jermaine-jackson-you-are-not-alone\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2011\\\/10\\\/reviewed-jermaine-jackson-you-are-not-alone\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2011\\\/10\\\/reviewed-jermaine-jackson-you-are-not-alone\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"REVIEWED: Jermaine Jackson – You Are Not Alone\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"Michael Jackson MJSTAR\",\"description\":\"Michael Jackson MJSTAR\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Michael Jackson MJSTAR\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/michael-jackson-logo-v2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/michael-jackson-logo-v2.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Michael Jackson MJSTAR\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/mjstaronline\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/23490550cd6d5237805f04611a00790f\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5fb1f37ff3987c556ed8b7059d45b5ed55c2b9303e56cab773382efe019703ce?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5fb1f37ff3987c556ed8b7059d45b5ed55c2b9303e56cab773382efe019703ce?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5fb1f37ff3987c556ed8b7059d45b5ed55c2b9303e56cab773382efe019703ce?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"REVIEWED: Jermaine Jackson - You Are Not Alone - Michael Jackson MJSTAR","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/10\/reviewed-jermaine-jackson-you-are-not-alone\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"REVIEWED: Jermaine Jackson - You Are Not Alone - Michael Jackson MJSTAR","og_description":"MJSTAR is loving the new book by Jermaine Jackson. The following review comes from the British Newspaper “The Independent” – here are some highlights: It\u2019s hard to repress this memory when reading Jermaine Jackson\u2019s account of the Michael he knew. To know all is to forgive all, and Jermaine, four years Michael\u2019s senior, knows most […]","og_url":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/10\/reviewed-jermaine-jackson-you-are-not-alone\/","og_site_name":"Michael Jackson MJSTAR","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/mjstaronline","article_published_time":"2011-10-24T19:40:18+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/10\/reviewed-jermaine-jackson-you-are-not-alone\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/10\/reviewed-jermaine-jackson-you-are-not-alone\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/23490550cd6d5237805f04611a00790f"},"headline":"REVIEWED: Jermaine Jackson – You Are Not Alone","datePublished":"2011-10-24T19:40:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/10\/reviewed-jermaine-jackson-you-are-not-alone\/"},"wordCount":337,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/#organization"},"articleSection":["mjstar"],"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/10\/reviewed-jermaine-jackson-you-are-not-alone\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/10\/reviewed-jermaine-jackson-you-are-not-alone\/","url":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/10\/reviewed-jermaine-jackson-you-are-not-alone\/","name":"REVIEWED: Jermaine Jackson - You Are Not Alone - Michael Jackson MJSTAR","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-10-24T19:40:18+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/10\/reviewed-jermaine-jackson-you-are-not-alone\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/10\/reviewed-jermaine-jackson-you-are-not-alone\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/10\/reviewed-jermaine-jackson-you-are-not-alone\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"REVIEWED: Jermaine Jackson – You Are Not Alone"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/","name":"Michael Jackson MJSTAR","description":"Michael Jackson MJSTAR","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/#organization","name":"Michael Jackson MJSTAR","url":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/michael-jackson-logo-v2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/michael-jackson-logo-v2.png","width":300,"height":300,"caption":"Michael Jackson MJSTAR"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/mjstaronline"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/23490550cd6d5237805f04611a00790f","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5fb1f37ff3987c556ed8b7059d45b5ed55c2b9303e56cab773382efe019703ce?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5fb1f37ff3987c556ed8b7059d45b5ed55c2b9303e56cab773382efe019703ce?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5fb1f37ff3987c556ed8b7059d45b5ed55c2b9303e56cab773382efe019703ce?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}