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You with the Sad Eyes

A Memoir

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You with the Sad Eyes

By: Christina Applegate
Narrated by: Christina Applegate
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"Funny, furious, and profane." —The New York Times

“Not your typical celebrity memoir.” —Jimmy Kimmel

Unflinchingly honest and darkly funny, You with the Sad Eyes unveils a side of Christina Applegate we’ve never seen, forever cementing her formidable and iconoclastic legacy.

Christina Applegate came of age on sets and stages, expected to be on time, with lines learned, ready for lights-camera-action. What started as a financial necessity soon became an emotional escape from a tumultuous home life in the infamous Laurel Canyon scene of the 70s and 80s. She rocketed to stardom on the sitcom Married...with Children and went on to captivate audiences in classics like Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitters Dead…, Anchorman, and Dead to Me in her five-decade long career.

Then it all stopped. A Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis in 2021 confined her to a king-sized bed and the company of memories she’d rather forget: memories of the self-doubt and body dysmorphia that stalked her meteoric rise, of her mother’s fight against addiction and abuse after her father left, and of the tax life had taken on her body and mind that was suddenly coming due.

Now, at her most intimate and vulnerable, she unveils a story not even those closest to her fully know. She returns to the diaries she kept her whole life, finding the pain matched by joy, the losses mitigated by the extraordinary, and the weight of life lifted by her unrelenting belief that something greater lay ahead. No longer willing to lock herself away and with the perspective only our own mortality can bring, she knew it was imperative to tell it all.

You with the Sad Eyes presents a remarkable woman and her legacy. In her own words, “I truly believe that books can make people feel less alone. That’s why I’m doing this. You with the Sad Eyes won’t be some big violin scratching for my life. But it will be real. It will be filled with the ups and downs, the humor and grief of life.

So here I am.

Real me.

Lots to say.”

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I recommend the audiobook as you can hear and feel every single word. This is one of the most beautifully written and completely tragic and wonderfully uplifting memoirs I’ve ever heard. I will forever hope beyond hope that this treasure dances again. She deserves it. Thank you for the honesty. Thank you for being you. YOU ARE A WARRIOR.

So honest. Wow.

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Listening to Christina narrate her own story is imperative to understanding how it should read. Her inflections, her tone, her emotions come through as she narrates her life in a way I would not have known how to read. I highly recommend listening to the audiobook. And thank you, Christina, for sharing your truth.

Excellent

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For the most part I don’t gravitate towards autobiography, but this one pulled me in. It’s one of those books that leaves you feeling empty and sad when it’s over. I appreciate everything you’ve shared, but selfishly I want to know everything. My apologies for crossing over to the creepy fan club, but here I am.

It felt as if I was engrossed in a conversation with my best friend.

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I started reading this book and I couldn’t put it down. I read it Word for Word. It totally made me feel like no matter who you are no matter where you came from all our lives have trauma and we all have to learn how to deal with it Christina I love you Awesome book.

honest and soothing heart warming

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I loved this book. Christina did not hesitate to show us who she really is behind the Christina Applegate persona. She reminds us that a life appearing glamorous and without pain is rarely that.
Kiki you are seen .

Open, Honest & Fierce

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