{"product_id":"you-with-the-sad-eyes-by-christina-applegate","title":"You with the Sad Eyes by Christina Applegate","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e“Funny, furious, and profane.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Not your typical celebrity memoir.” —Jimmy Kimmel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnflinchingly honest and darkly funny, \u003ci\u003eYou with the Sad Eyes \u003c\/i\u003eunveils a side of Christina Applegate we’ve never seen, forever cementing her formidable and iconoclastic legacy. \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChristina 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarried…with Children\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and went on to captivate audiences in classics like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon’t Tell Mom the Babysitters Dead…, Anchorman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDead to Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in her five-decade long career.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen 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.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow, 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. \u003cbr\u003e                   \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou with the Sad Eyes \u003c\/i\u003epresents 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. \u003ci\u003eYou with the Sad Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo here I am.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReal me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLots to say.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47446131507458,"sku":null,"price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0624\/9070\/6178\/files\/CopyofBookCovers-2026-03-06T125902.474_2dc54184-1d51-48c3-9724-8e54e98392cc.png?v=1772820487","url":"https:\/\/thedunemarket.com\/products\/you-with-the-sad-eyes-by-christina-applegate","provider":"The Dune Market","version":"1.0","type":"link"}