''Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time'' is the best-selling autobiography of actress
Valerie Bertinelli
Valerie Anne Bertinelli (born April 23, 1960) is an American actress. She first achieved recognition as a child actress, portraying Barbara Cooper Royer on the sitcom ''One Day at a Time (1975 TV series), One Day at a Time'' (1975–1984) for w ...
released on February 25, 2008, by
Free Press.
In the memoir, Bertinelli confesses to cocaine use and infidelity.
[This is it: Bertinelli tells all in an autobiography]
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. William Keck. February 27, 2008. She also writes about her relationship with
film director
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Steven Spielberg
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and marriage to
rock star Eddie Van Halen
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.
In addition to revealing her past indiscretions, the autobiography focuses on how she became clean, lost weight, and conquered her other personal demons.
Bertinelli promoted the book with an hour on ''
The Oprah Winfrey Show
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''.
Inside the List
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''. Dwight Garner. March 16, 2008 ''Losing It'' spent three weeks at #1 on the adult non-fiction section of the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list.
References
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2008 non-fiction books
Show business memoirs