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    Michael Jackson: In Search of Neverland
    Michael Jackson: In Search of Neverland
    Michael Jackson: In Search of Neverland
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    Michael Jackson: In Search of Neverland

    By Gloria Rhoads Berlin

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    In Michael Jackson: In Search of Neverland, Gloria Rhoads Berlin gives her intimate account of how she helped Michael Jackson find his own slice of heaven: the ranch that would come to be known as Neverland. In this never-before-told story, Ms. Berlin details the private journeys she took with Michael to fulfill one of his life-long dreams and fantasies.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGloria Rhoads Berlin
    Release dateMay 10, 2010
    ISBN9781452442365
    Michael Jackson: In Search of Neverland
    Author

    Gloria Rhoads Berlin

    Gloria Rhoads Berlin began her life in Hollywood as an actress, but then transitioned into publicity and journalism, writing for magazines such as Hollywood Times, Hollywood Night Life, and Hollywood Entertainer Weekly. By the 1970s, Gloria had moved on to real estate, and she and her late husband Morton W. Berlin formed the Merlin Land Investment Corp. Gloria's primary focus in real estate became listing and selling luxury residential homes, paving the way for her to become the broker on the sale of the century, Michael Jackson's purchase of the ranch that came to be known as Neverland.

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    • 3/5
      A short book about the transaction of purchasing Neverland Valley Ranch for her client Michael Jackson.
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      excelent! Is a good book!!Is Very criativo sou BR :x

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    Michael Jackson - Gloria Rhoads Berlin

    michael jackson:

    in search of neverland

    by

    Gloria Rhoads Berlin

    SMASHWORDS EDITION

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    PUBLISHED BY:

    Gloria Rhoads Publications on Smashwords

    In Search of Neverland

    Copyright © 2010 by Gloria Rhoads Berlin

    ISBN: eBook edition 978-0-615-36797-2

    First Edition 2010

    All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

    Cover design by Will Berlin

    Smashwords Edition License Notes

    This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you are reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the author’s work.

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    In Search of Neverland

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    dedication

    Dedicated to my son Will Berlin and my brothers Robert and Salvador Rios, my two sisters Lita Dvoynosoff and Alice Rios, and my nieces and nephews Renee Best, Annette, Daniel and Cheri Johnson, Jerry and Richard Rios, and Linda and Rudy Rios, and Linda and Rudy Rios, who live in Bergen, Norway.

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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

    The longer I live, the more wonderful people that I meet, and I would like to thank them for coming into my life.

    Get ready now; I am taking you on the most exciting ride in the world.

    God blessed me greatly with family and friends. I want to thank the following from the bottom of my heart for their encouragement, love and support in making my book come to life.

    * My editor Jeanne McCafferty of Irish Cabrini Creative;

    * My transcriber Maggie Shumaker, TM Creative Services;

    * Eleanor Sturman, who recommended Jeanne;

    * The multi-talented artist and singer Carmelita Pittman, the founder of Rose Breast Cancer Society who inspired me to finish this project;

    * Traude Winik, Celebrity Society Press photographer;

    * Maria Bravo, president of Legal Secretaries Association of Beverly Hills;

    * My cousins, Eileen Passanisi, Anthony Passanisi, Deanna Mercurio, Jeanie Legaspi, and Danny, Bobby and Becky Anaya;

    * Irwin Zucker, founder of the Book Publicists of Southern California, Gloria Pall, membership chairman, and her son Jefferson Kane; and

    * Dr. Sheila Calhoun, who has been a superb friend as one of the founders of the Southern California Motion Picture Council.

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    Prologue

    Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous host Robin Leach called it the sale of the century. It was the real estate transaction that made Michael Jackson the owner of what would come to be called Neverland Ranch, and I am the realtor who made that sale. This story is about Michael Jackson, whom I first met when he was in his teens, and how I helped the King of Pop make his dreams come true and acquire his dream home, Neverland Ranch.

    Michael Jackson was one of the most brilliant men I have ever known in my entire life. He was certainly not the Wacko Jacko portrayed in the media, and it’s unfortunate that he was so unfairly described. He was so thoughtful and decisive as a client, I’m really thrilled to have been his real estate broker. He is the only celebrity client that really knew exactly what he wanted: where, when and how.

    I hope that this exclusive telling of my friendship with Michael Jackson and the extraordinary adventure that was the search for Neverland will reveal what his true intentions were, and it is my hope you will enjoy this book about Michael Jackson, the King of Pop.

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    Chapter One

    The Jackson 5 As Encino Neighbors

    Can you imagine taking your kid to the laundromat and while you’re doing the laundry, he begins dancing, singing, performing for everyone there, and they are all applauding and singing with him? Amazing! That’s what Michael Jackson did when he was just a young child. He developed his talent just by dancing and singing to any rhythm he heard, even the rhythm of a washing machine. Michael was born to be a star.

    I can still see Michael as a teenager, standing beside his mother Katherine, and knocking on our front door at 3747 Sapphire Drive. The family had recently moved to Encino, and the Jackson 5 was still enjoying tremendous success. Mother and son extended a personal invitation to us to visit the Jehovah’s Temple where Katherine was a member.

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    Will Berlin

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