Q _ You started following Naomi when she was a teenager. What do you think is her biggest challenge? How has she developed the most?
_ I think the ultimate challenge for Naomi is her continual struggle to reconcile the shy, sheltered person who she was growing up—who she very much was when I first met her—with the worldwide megastar she has become. I gained greater understanding and appreciation while working on this book for just how isolated she was from other kids during her adolescence; she didn’t have anything like what we think
