Christina Applegate came of age on sets and stages expected to be on time with lines learned
ready for lights-camera-action. Performing began as a financial necessity and became an
emotional escape from a tumultuous home life in the infamous Laurel Canyon scene of the 1970s
and 80s. She first gained stardom as an audience favourite playing Kelly Bundy in the sitcom
Married...with Children and went on to captivate a vast fandom during her five-decade long
career. In You with the Sad Eyes Applegate will unveil the full story of her years in the
public eye and the painful moments the public didn't see. She writes about gravitating to the
grunge that defined the 90s and finding belonging in the legendary scene at The Viper Room
sparkling on set with fellow comedy icons in the soon to be canonized franchise Anchorman
sharing her love of dance on stage in the Broadway revival of Sweet Charity and returning to
the Emmy stage to a standing ovation in 2024 after her diagnosis of MS. She'll dive into the
darker moments underpinning her outward success: her relationship with her mother who fought
addiction and won even in the wake of her father's abandonment the self-doubt and body
dysmorphia that have dogged her from a young age and the abuse and depression that eroded her
health. Her path is ever lit though by lifelong friends chosen family and her experience as
a mother. By working through her legacy on the page Applegate invites readers to take her hand
and hear a story not even those closest to her know fully. You with the Sad Eyes boldly
presents a formidable and iconoclastic woman who has had to let go of her acting career of her
ability to dance of her sense of physical power but has always fought to find a new and even
more fulfilling way of being. The pain will be matched by the joy the losses mitigated by the
extraordinary the weight of life lifted by Applegate's signature comedic genius. 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."
