Britney Spears’ candid memoir offers insight into celebrity friendships

Britney Spears’ candid memoir offers insight into celebrity friendships (Jordan Strauss/AP)

US pop star Britney Spears has namedropped Sir Elton John and Paris Hilton in her new memoir published on Tuesday.

The Woman In Me, billed as a “brave and astonishingly moving” story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith and hope, offers insight into her stage career and controversial 13-year conservatorship.