Céline Dion (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian singer, occasional songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur. Born to a large, impoverished family in Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record. In 1990, she released the anglophone album Unison, establishing herself as a viable pop artist in North America and other English-speaking areas of the world.

Dion had first gained international recognition in the 1980s by winning both the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest. Following a series of French albums in the early 1980s, she signed on to CBS Records Canada in 1986. During the 1990s, with the help of Angélil, she achieved worldwide fame after signing with Epic Records and releasing several English albums along with additional French albums, becoming one of the most successful artists in pop music history. However, in 1999 at the height of her success, Dion announced a temporary retirement from entertainment in order to start a family and spend time with her husband, who had been diagnosed with cancer. She returned to the top of pop music in 2002 and signed a three-year (later extended to almost five years) contract to perform nightly in a five-star theatrical show at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.

Dion's music has been influenced by genres ranging from rock and R&B to gospel and classical. While her releases have often received mixed critical reception, she is renowned for her technically skilled and powerful vocals. Dion is the best selling Canadian artist of all time; and her album, D'eux is the best selling French-language album of all time. In 2004, after surpassing 175 million in album sales worldwide, she was presented with the Chopard Diamond Award at the World Music Awards for becoming the best selling female artist of all time. In April 2007 Sony BMG announced that Celine Dion had sold over 200 million albums worldwide.

Que de chemin parcouru par Céline Dion en quelques années, de sa première scène en public lors du mariage de son frère aux foules conquises du Stade de France ! C'est un parcours exemplaire, celui d'une femme gâtée par la vie, que cet ouvrage en forme de confidence nous propose de découvrir. Le récit à cœur ouvert d'une artiste qui est allée "jusqu'au bout de ses rêves". Mettant à profit sa décision de prendre du recul vis-à-vis de l'univers de la chanson, Céline Dion se penche ici sur elle-même pour constater combien son existence a pu changer, de ses premiers cours de chant à la star internationale qu'elle est aujourd'hui. Entre le stress des tournées et le calme de sa retraite sabbatique, entre souvenirs de famille et attente d'un enfant, elle égrène pour nous les couleurs de son quotidien et peu à peu se dessinent les traits d'une femme pleine, entière. Une femme heureuse et qui souhaite tout simplement partager ce si grand bonheur. Aussi cette autobiographie échappe-t-elle à tout sensationnalisme tant l'artiste sait user de pudeur et de retenue pour évoquer l'envers du décor dans lequel elle évolue. Mais, entre ces lignes touchantes de sincérité, percent aussi les indices d'une détermination de tous les instants. Céline Dion serait chanteuse ou ne serait pas…