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Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time
by Valerie Bertinelli
from Free Press

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Still needs some work
  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 younger (I... more info

• A woman who has made mistakes, but isn't afraid to own up to them
  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 her later... more info

• Valerie - poor me, whiny baby
  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 with this... more info

• Thank You Ms. Bertinelli For Inspiring Me to Walk!
  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, but that is just one... more info

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