Madonna's brother releases memoir

Madonna's brother has released a memoir which comments on the stars relationship with her husband, British film director Guy Ritchie.

The memoir said the singer really does love her husband, but apparently not as much as she loves her career and herself.

Christopher Ciccone, 47, writes in Life With My Sister Madonna: "I hope that it is Kabbalah's lesson that she is not the centre of the universe."

The 342-page book comes at a time when Madonna has been linked to the break-up of the marriage of New York Yankees baseball star Alex Rodriguez.

Rodriguez's wife filed for divorce just days after rumours of the stars romantic link with the Yankees player were published in the media.

The memoir is based on Ciccone's life and 47 years of growing up with and working with his sister.

Ciccone has worked with his older sister, designing and directing her "Girlie Show" tour in 1993 and serving as artistic director of her 1991 documentary, "Madonna: Truth or Dare."

But according to Madonna's spokeswoman, Liz Rosenberg, they are no longer close.

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