CÔeline is the story of CÔeline Dion, her family, and her husband; it is the story of a child, with thirteen siblings, from a lower middle-class family, who grew up to achieve the status of pop icon and global diva. Along the way, she garnered the respect of some of the top people in the music industry, such as David Foster, Barbra Streisand, Luciano Pavarotti, and Sir George Martin. Germain gives the reader the full story of how RenÔe AngÔelil became CÔeline's manager and, eventually, her husband. He also tells how RenÔe brought CÔeline to the status of pop icon in Quebec and then worked to help her achieve the same status on a global level.