by Susan Lucci
First published 2011
Susan Lucci takes readers behind the scenes of her decades-long career as soap opera icon Erica Kane on All My Children. The actress reveals the personal story she kept private while playing television's first beloved villain from 1970 onward. Lucci writes about balancing her roles as performer, wife, mother, daughter, grandmother, and businesswoman. She describes how she built her career while maintaining close family relationships and pursuing entrepreneurial ventures. The memoir explores her approach to bringing the complex, spirited Erica Kane to life while keeping her own personality separate from the character millions loved to hate. Lucci shares the dreams that drove her career and the determination required to achieve them. This edition includes material about All My Children's final season, marking the end of an era in daytime television. The book presents an intimate portrait of the woman who became synonymous with soap opera drama.
Genres: biography, autobiography, memoir, biography-memoir
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: celebrity, family-drama, memoir
Period: 1970s, 20th-Century, 21st-Century
322 pages · Hardcover · It Books