First published 2012
Emmy Award winner Kirstie Alley opens her life to readers in this candid memoir about the men who shaped her journey. From her childhood in Wichita, Kansas, with her loving father and protective grandfather, to her Hollywood career spanning three decades, Alley chronicles her relationships with famous actors and partners. She writes about John Travolta, Parker Stevenson, Ted Danson, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Kelsey Grammer, Patrick Swayze, Woody Allen, and Woody Harrelson. Through linked essays, she reveals intimate details about her two marriages, her cocaine addiction, her mother's death, and her surprising stint on Dancing with the Stars. Alley shows how these relationships influenced her award-winning role on Cheers and her appearances in major comedies. She explores both the positive and negative ways men have guided her decisions and created drama in her life. The book balances humor with genuine emotion as Alley examines love, motherhood, loss, sex, and personal growth through the lens of her connections with men.
Genres: drama, autobiography, contemporary, memoir, biography-memoir
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Period: 20th-Century, 21st-Century
320 pages · Hardcover · Atria Books
Content warnings: addiction, drug-use