All My Life: A Memoir
Product Description"See that moon up there?You can reach that high.Never be afraid because you can be anything you want to be."Susan Lucci was only five years old when her father shared these encouraging words with her. They inspired the highly imaginative child who loved make-believe to craft one of the most enduring characters in television history, an achievement that would earn her a record twenty-one Emmy nominations&mdash;the most for an actor in the award's history&mdash;and the crown as "Leading Lady of Daytime."When Lucci andAll My Childrenwere introduced to the world in 1971, American television changed forever. Susan's character, the beautiful, spirited, and mercurial Erica Kane, was an original&mdash;the first vixen viewers loved to hate. But while millions have enjoyed getting to know Erica's many sides&mdash;and have been awed at how this character has continually remade herself&mdash;the woman who plays her has remained a mystery.In her long-awaited memoir, this very private actress, wife, mother, daughter, grandmother, sister, friend, and entrepreneur pulls back the curtain to reveal her story.Susan, like Erica Kane, has undergone a metamorphosis many times.All My Lifeshares the stories of those transformations: starring in roles on television and stage, where she took Broadway not just by storm but "by tsunami" as one critic raved about her performance inAnnie Get Your Gun; mounting successful cabaret acts (solo and with Regis Philbin); bringing art and joy back to New York in the wake of 9/11; conquering the tango with Tony Dovolani on ABC's hit showDancing with the Stars; and building a successful career as an entrepreneur with a signature line of products.Susan goes beyond her success to talk about the darker moments, too, including the childhood guilt she harbored over the death of her dear grandmother, the car accident that nearly took away her career and her eyesight, her newborn son's life-threatening illness, coping with her husband's cancer, and the pain of miscarriage&mdash;one of the many parallels between her Erica Kane.As charming, down-to-earth, and compelling as the woman whose story it tells,All My Lifeshines a spotlight on one of our most popular stars and reminds us of the power of dreams and how we can find the courage and tenacity to make them come true.A Look InsideAll My LifeClick on the images below to open larger versions.Here I amat eleven months old.Of course, my greatest blessingshave been family and friends. This is my real-life leading man and husband, Helmut Huber, on our wedding day.This is adorable Liza, one-years-old, all bundled up in the snow.(I&rsquo;m bundled up, too, in a cozy hand-knitted hat and sweater from the Norwegian mom who hosted me during my studies abroad.)Inside my dressing roomatAll My Childrenin Los Angeles.