Read an Exclusive Excerpt From Didn’t We Almost Have It All: In Defense of Whitney Houston

In the summer of 1980, Robyn Crawford was working at the East Orange Community Development Center as a youth counselor when she was stopped in her tracks by an unfamiliar face. The young woman was wearing a silk plaid blouse, slim-fitting shorts, red-striped Adidas Gazelles, and a visor with the Red Cross logo stitched on it. She introduced herself by her whole name—Whitney Elizabeth Houston—which tickled Robyn. They both had taken jobs as youth counselors and got to know each other while working with kids in Columbian Park near Whitney’s family house in Doddtown. It was a bond that formed… Read Full Article