Losing It

Losing It

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name = "Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time"
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author = Valerie Bertinelli
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country = USA
language = English
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publisher = Free Press
pub_date = February 25 2008
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media_type = Hardcover
pages = 288
isbn = 978-1416568186
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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. [http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-02-26-bertinelli-q-a_N.htm This is it: Bertinelli tells all in an autobiography] . USA Today. William Keck. February 27 2008.] She also writes about her relationship with film director Stephen 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. [ [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] . Daily News. Cristina Kinon. February 27 2008.]

Bertinelli promoted the book with an hour on The Oprah Winfrey Show. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/books/review/16tbr.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Inside the List] . New York Times. Dwight Garner. March 16 2008] "Losing It" spent three weeks at #1 on the adult non-fiction section of the "New York Times" Best Seller list.

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