Unbreakable: My Story, My Way

Jenni Rivera

Jul 2013 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

The story behind Telemundo’s Jenni Rivera: Mariposa del Barrio series, now streaming. A New York Times bestseller, this is the official biography from the beloved Mexican-American singer who lost her life in a tragic plane crash.

The only autobiography authorized by Jenni Rivera

"I can’t get caught up in the negative because that destroys you. Perhaps trying to move away from my problems and focus on the positive is the best I can do. I am a woman like any other, and ugly things happen to me like any other woman. The number of times I have fallen down is the number of times I have gotten up."

These are the last words that beloved Mexican American singer Jenni Rivera spoke publicly before boarding the plane that would crash and cut her life short on December 9, 2012. However, they are not the final words that La Diva de la Banda had for the world. Those are found in the pages you hold in your hands, Jenni’s own account of the highs and lows of her extraordinary journey.

She became the most acclaimed Spanish-language singer in the United States and sold more than 15 million records worldwide. A single mother of five and grandmother of two, she was also an actress, a television producer, the star of her own reality show, and an entrepreneur. But for all its immense success, Jenni’s life often seemed to be a series of personal battles in which perseverance was her only weapon. As her fame grew, she made it her mission to speak about her struggles, forging an intimate connection with her fans. She became a figure of strength and a source of encouragement to women of all ages.

In Unbreakable, Jenni recounts the crucial moments in her past, revealing her experiences with domestic and sexual abuse, divorce, body image issues, making her way in a male-dominated industry, raising her children as a single mother, and learning that she could depend only on herself.

Though she is no longer with us, Jenni will always be the "Rivera rebel from Long Beach," the girl who maintained her sense of humor and fighting spirit in every circumstance. In this remarkable memoir, Jenni leaves behind a legacy of inspiration and determination that will forever live on through her precious family, friends, and fans.

Ratings and reviews

i love this book made me cry when she was down espesaliy when she died it broken my heart to here that i remember when i first she was dead i was mad and saidd they need to stop playing like that and then later on i saw it on tv i was crying for 3 strate day i felt like i had loss someone i love... but my life would never be the same with this awsome laydy dead weee love u and hope no one forgets her *12 9 12

After I have read this I see my life just as what she went threw. Fir I only have one sibling but I was a teen mother and to this day I struggle to make ends meet for I dont get help from my child's father but I dont give up so my child has a good life to live. Thank u jenni u were and always be a great woman and role model.

I've followed Jenni since 94ish ,her persona did not change, only matured. Watching her go through all these ordeals with her head held high, her spirit was never broken, that gave me the strength to fight for who I am today. She sang "support me first before you judge me.. Jenni lives inside us all. You WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!! I LOVE YOU JENNI!!!! REGINA Pacheco from Period CA. 

About the author

Winner of fifteen gold records, fifteen platinum records, and five double platinum records, with more than fifteen million records sold in all, Jenni Rivera (1969–2012) was one of her or any generation’s most popular and in-demand artists, not only in Mexico but also in the United States, selling out performances at such prestigious venues as the Staples Center, the Kodak Theatre, the Nokia Theatre, the Gibson Amphitheatre. In Mexico, she held a sellout performance at the Auditorio Nacional and performed a concert for 80,000 people in Querétaro. Jenni was also one of the decade’s most award-winning artists. In 2009, she earned a record-breaking eleven Billboard Award nominations, becoming the first female regional Mexican performer to be so honored.