Talking to the Sky

A Memoir of Living My Best Life in a Sh!t Show

By: Aimee Mayo

Narrated by: Aimee Mayo

Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

An unforgettable, harrowing yet hilarious story about growing up in the midst of chaos by award-winning songwriter Aimee Mayo. Mayo is one of the few females to receive both BMI's Country Song of the Year and Songwriter of the Year awards, putting her in the rare company of Dolly Parton and Taylor Swift. Her songs have sold more than 155 million units worldwide and have spent 26 weeks at number one on the Billboard charts.

Aimee Mayo grew up in deep Alabama, rocked by the blow of a drunk man's fist before she even made it out of the womb. Her colorful and charismatic father went from a gambling janitor to a multimillionaire but died homeless. Her mother was wonderful when she wasn't popping pain pills like M&M's, and her stepdad made a weird science out of psychological abuse. Throughout her teens, Aimee survived by writing compulsively in diaries, dreaming of becoming a songwriter, and finding her soulmate.

After accidentally burning down her house - just one in a series of disasters - at 20 years old she found herself lost with no path to the life she had always longed for. She tried to kill herself and almost succeeded. Finally, Aimee made it to Nashville. She started out a waitress, married to a wife-beating country singer, but never lost sight of her dreams. Talking to the Sky is her unforgettable memoir, the harrowing and hilarious story of believing in faith over fear and going after your dreams when everything is going against you.

©2020 Aimee Mayo (P)2020 Aimee Mayo

Never Give Up On Your Dreams

Absolutely loved this book. I laughed, cried and cheered right along with Aimee as she told her incredible story. Her courage, honesty and perseverance is truly inspiring. I downloaded this book because Kenny Chesney posted it online and had no idea of what to expect. I am a huge KC and country music fan and really enjoyed how she weaved behind the scenes and “before they were famous” stories. Aimee proves that nothing can stop you from achieving your dreams if you want them bad enough.

Amazing story and beautifully read!

Beautiful, amazing story of courage and determination! To hear Aimee tell her story puts life in perspective!

This is a MUST read for songwriters! So inspiring.

Songwriter friends, I’m on my second time around with this lovely book by Aimee Mayo. Being dyslexic I decided to purchase it on Audible. Her narration has kept me company on bike rides, walking our dogs, home projects, and in and out of songwriting this past week. First listen, I burned through it all in one day!

Aimee’s life has been one hit song after another. She has LIVED the songs she writes and her book shares her life’s story (so far).

She is truly an overcomer, a gifted songwriter, and now an author. Her life has been such an inspiration. Check it out. You won’t be disappointed.
Thanks for sharing, Aimee!
#songwriter #talkingtothesky #aimeemayo

RyLee Madison www.ryleemadison.com

Loved it

I wish I could just sit and have coffee with Amie. I feel like I just listed to my heart at times. I love how she talks about Chris, that is how I feel about my husband. This one best books and I enjoyed it so much.

Great book

What a life she has lived. Makes me realize anything is possible and life is about making your own opportunities and fighting for them.

I will be talking to the sky every day after reading this.

An amazing story of love, heartache, family, and then the hard stuff of mental illness, abuse, gambling, loneliness. How this woman overcame it all is inspiring and amazing. I listened to her own voice tell her own story and I can promise you, I’ll be talking like her for a few year to come. I want to clap to the heavens knowing she is living all the dreams she wrote about in her little diary started at 8 years old. I think her being pissed off periodically during her life catapulted her towArd her dreams. And NO ONE was going to stop her. And she had plenty of reasons to give up. I love the focus on dreams. Put it out there into the sky, into the universe, only then can it become your reality. Excellent!!! Thank you Aimee! I celebrate your success and love. Xo

LOVE this book!!!

Aimee takes you on the rollercoaster ride that was/is her life. I laughed and cried and couldn’t stop listening, my husband couldn’t either. Aimee narrating the book, made it for me. The authenticity came through in her voice as she told the story. I have given this book to 2 other family members who felt the same. A work of art 💛

Reminded me of a huge part of my life

Her descriptive, melodic words and gait took me back to a time I had almost forgotten and is the reason to most of my whys. Honest, to the bone. Joyful. Sad when it was over. Happier still that I experienced several hours of reliving my future from a similar perspective that had been forgotten because it was so familiar. Thank you for sharing. Thank you.

You can’t make this shit up

I was trying to explain what this book is about to my husband who was curious bc I’d been listening to it nonstop…and I finally just told him “It is so unbelievable what all she went through that I can’t even begin to tell you.” Wow. Thank you for sharing your story. It seems that sometimes to biggest highs only come from the lowest lows. I wish that wasn’t true—that no one had to experience those lows. I’m very happy to know the author is now living the highs.

If you’re on here reading reviews wondering if you’ll enjoy this book—the answer is yes. Just flipping* read it.

So heartfelt and inspiring!

Amazing story, so funny, heartfelt and inspiring, I cried the whole time! And something about her narrating it with her own voice makes it even more special. 😭