Want proof singer Olivia Newton-John’s fans are hopelessly devoted to her? The “Grease” icon and breast-cancer survivor flies a whopping 250,000 miles a year for appearances. “I live on a plane, actually,” jokes Newton-John, 63, who really resides in Florida with her husband of four years, John Easterling. But she’s OK with continent-hopping. “I look at it like a holiday. No one can call. I can watch a movie. I can read a book, or several. It’s a kind of peace for a few hours where I can just relax.” Newton-John, who will open a cancer center bearing her name in hometown Melbourne, Australia, in June, will sign copies of her healthy-eating cookbook, “LivWise,” at 6 p.m. Friday at Barnes & Noble, 105 Fifth Ave. Here’s what’s in her in-flight library.
You Can Heal Your Life
by Louise L. Hay
I was given this when I was going through cancer; it became my bible. She believes that if you can change your thinking, you’re going to improve the quality of your life. The most important thing is love and forgiveness — particularly of yourself, not just other people.
Anticancer: A New Way of Life
by David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD
He was a doctor and scientist who got brain cancer and lived many years past what he was told. He was shocked that oncologists had nothing to tell him about what he should do to lengthen his life and improve his health. It’s just very good from a doctor’s perspective, everything he’s learned about stimulating the immune system, the importance of different foods. And he’s got research to back it up.
The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
We were talking about this book when I was with my band the other day. I just couldn’t put it down — the common denominator! Not many books have that effect on me. I tend to peruse and often don’t have time to read a book front to back. I gather books and jump around.
The Born-Einstein Letters 1916-1955
by Max Born
My grandfather, Max Born, won a Nobel Prize for physics and was close friends with Einstein. They wrote to each other about science and thoughts on life. I learn about my brilliant grandfather, who I did not know. He was Jewish and left Germany because of Hitler. He helped Jews escape — scientists and people of value to Hitler. He was a humanitarian, an amazing man.