Hearts Will Bloom After Reading Madonna’s New Book

Deirdre Donahue of USA Today reviewed Madonna’s new children’s book. She writes, “In anticipation of reviewing Madonna’s new children’s book, ‘The English Roses’, released today, this reader’s finger was poised above the vitriol key on her computer. After all, this is the author whose most famous opus was the X-rated ‘Sex’… Now having read ‘The English Roses’, I am devouring crow. The book should be read to girls in kindergarten and up as an emotional vaccination against the social exclusion and cruel cliques that mar many young girls’ lives. Talk to teachers and you will realize that today’s elementary schools can be amphitheaters of cruelty.” Read more.