Losing It (book) explained

Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time
Author:Valerie Bertinelli
Country:United States
Language:English
Publisher:Free Press
Pub Date:February 25, 2008
Media Type:Hardcover
Pages:288
Isbn:978-1-4165-6818-6
Dewey:791.4502/8092 B 22
Congress:PN2287.B4379 A3 2008
Oclc:166386955

Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time is the best-selling autobiography of actress Valerie Bertinelli released on February 25, 2008, by Free Press.

In the memoir, Bertinelli confesses to cocaine use and infidelity.[1] She also writes about her relationship with film director Steven Spielberg and marriage to rock star Eddie Van Halen. In addition to revealing her past indiscretions, the autobiography focuses on how she became clean, lost weight, and conquered her other personal demons.[2]

Bertinelli promoted the book with an hour on The Oprah Winfrey Show.[3] Losing It spent three weeks at #1 on the adult non-fiction section of the New York Times Best Seller list.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-02-26-bertinelli-q-a_N.htm This is it: Bertinelli tells all in an autobiography
  2. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/arts/2008/02/27/2008-02-27_how_valerie_bertinelli_cleaned_up_lost_w.html How Valerie Bertinelli cleaned up, lost weight and reclaimed her life
  3. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/books/review/16tbr.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Inside the List