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Binding: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.45028092
EAN: 9780743572149
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
ISBN: 0743572149
Label: Simon & Schuster Audio
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Audio
Number Of Items: 5
Publication Date: February 25, 2008
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Sales Rank: 264805
Studio: Simon & Schuster Audio
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Product Description:
America's Sweetheart turned working mother gives a frank and inspiring account of her life backstage and in the spotlight.
We all knew and loved Valerie Bertinelli years ago when she played the girl-next-door cutie, Barbara Cooper, in the hit TV show One Day at a Time. From wholesome primetime in America's living rooms, Valerie moved to late nights with the hardest partying band of the decadent 80s when she married rock guitarist Eddie Van Halen at the age of 20. Here are the ups and downs of teen stardom, of her complicated marriage, and of her very public struggle with weight.
Surprising, uplifting, and empowering, Losing It takes you behind the scenes in Valerie's acting career and marriage. Despite Valerie's celebrity, her voice is so down-to-earth, honest, and appealing that you'll feel as if you're talking with a girlfriend over coffee. Funny and candid, Valerie recounts her attempts to maintain a healthy self-image while dealing with social pressures to look and act a certain way, and to overcome career insecurities and relationship problems familiar to the millions of women who struggle every day with these same issues.
From marital turmoil to the joys of a new career, from being named among Penthouse's ten sexiest women in the world to overhearing whispers about her weight gain in the grocery store, this is Valerie's inspiring journey as she finds new love, raises a terrific kid, and motivates other women as a spokesperson for Jenny Craig.
Amazon.com Review:
A Note to Amazon Readers (and a Q&A) from Valerie Bertinelli Dear Amazon Customer, Glad to see you here and hopefully purchasing my book. I've heard if you buy multiple copies it's a better experience--a better one for me! But seriously, I'm usually on Amazon, too. I've been buying books through the site for ten years. I enjoy reading the reviews. I get a good sense of the book, and I like to hear what other people have to say. Like in a traditional bookstore, I can look at the cover, peek inside the book, and check out the bestseller lists. Valerie - Do you have a favorite character from a book? I love Scout and Atticus from To Kill A Mockingbird.
- If you can be any character from a book, who would you like to be? I would like to be Scarlett and I would let Rhett know how much I love him.
- How do you decide what next book you want to read? If it’s for my book group, whoever hosts the next gathering picks the book, so it’s picked for me seven out of eight times. But on my own, I read reviews and ask people whose taste I like what they’re reading.
- Where’s your favorite place to read? Either lying in bed or on the sofa next to the fireplace.
- What is your favorite genre? I don’t really have one.
Average Rating: 
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I personally (for the most part) enjoyed reading this memoir. While I, too, was expecting more than what it had to offer (some more personal insights rather than marketing Jenny Craig would have been nice), I found it hard to put down and felt as though I know who she is (to some degree).
I did take some issue with the fact that she still has some emotional growing to do (but then again, don't we all?). There was one part, in particular, that botherd me about her. It was when Wolfie was ... Read More
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Although I grew up in the late 80s/90s, I enjoyed "One Day At A Time" reruns and caught Valarie Bertinelli's movies of the week. but I didn't know much about her life. Her childhood was nothing out of the ordinary, but she shot into super stardom as the youngest daughter on her hit 70s sitcom. Although she talks openly about her co-star Mackenzie Phillip's struggle with drugs, there isn't a whole lot of dirt behind the scenes. She writes about her in a sympathetic, sisterly way. Val also reveals ... Read More
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I am in the process of throwing this book in the garbage - the only reason I read it to the end was to see if there would be anything worth reading. The book didn't keep my attention with it's short, choppy and repeating sentences. It really irks me that she mentioned, about 500 million times, Eddie Van Halen's drug and alcohol problem, which seems to have caused partial blame for her numerous weight gains and added to her insecurities. I didn't buy her "confession" about doing drugs and sleeping ... Read More
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I grew up watching One Day at a Time and years later I greatly enjoyed the miniseries I'll Take Manhattan. Once upon a time I was a minor Van Halen fan, although Eddie's brother Alex was the one that caught my eye.
So, I was glad to read this book, although I did not necessarily expect to take anything meaningful away from it.
I don't doubt that Jenny Craig may have helped nudge Valerie into writing this book. It does contain a certain amount of discussion about weight issues, ... Read More
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It's like she is talking to you personally; like a diary. There's alot I can relate to with her. I'm looking forward to her next book.
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