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You with the Sad Eyes

An unflinchingly honest and darkly funny memoir

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You with the Sad Eyes

By: Christina Applegate
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 'Lively and at times harrowing' New York Times

'Unvarnished' Rolling Stone

'Candor and intelligence thread throughout her memoir ... Applegate evokes the hijinks of fame - there are more celebrity cameos here than in a Josh Safdie film - as well as her journey through chronic illness' Time

'Blunt ... without a filter ... not a safe, prim thing. It's raw and angry, lyrical and funny, and more than a bit dangerous. [Christina Applegate] charts the personal and career ups and downs of a veteran Hollywood comic actor with a rawness rarely found in today's memoirs...' Washington Post

'Christina Applegate has written the most devastating celebrity memoir of the year' Independent

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."©2026 Christina Applegate Editors Select Entertainment & Celebrities Inspiring Heartfelt Thought-Provoking Health Memoir Comedy Mental Health
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Steller articulate women, great listen. Loved it from start to finish. Excellent memoir honest, raw and heartfelt.

Simply honest & articulate

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Thank you for sharing with us. Found myself, laughing and crying. A most beautiful read

So raw

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A great listen of a woman who has lived it all and is still fighting

What a rollercoaster of honesty!

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This is the rare memoir where the author is fully unfiltered and doesn’t care if you like her or dislike her, but accept she has a voice.

Frank, open and honest memoir

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What an amazing woman KiKi is, thoroughly enjoyed listening to this and learning about this amazing human being, Sadie’s mum.

Brave, beautiful

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