Valerie Bertinelli
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Pub. Date
2022
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Beloved actress, Food Network personality, and New York Times bestselling author Valerie Bertinelli reflects on life at sixty and beyond.
Behind the curtain of her happy on-screen persona, Valerie Bertinelli's life has been no easy ride, especially when it comes to her own self-image and self-worth. She waged a war against herself for years, learning to equate her value to her appearance as a child star on One Day at a Time
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Welcome back to chez Bertinelli, where life is as crazy and comical as ever. Valerie gets even more personal about her inner worries: her maternal anxieties about her son, Wolfie (he's fallen in love and, as she writes, "getting your sex talk from Eddie Van Halen wasn't recommended in any of the parenting books I read"); her mother's own new diet adventure; and a craving for a deeper relationship with a Higher Power. And as if these everyday challenges...
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Hot in Cleveland volume 5
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Melanie throws a party but makes the wrong impression on one of her neighbors. Meanwhile, Victoria is hired to do a Japanese commercial for a questionable product and Elka makes a colorful change to impress her senior prom date.
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Hot in Cleveland volume 7
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When Melanie's ex-husband comes to woo her, Joy and Victoria can't help but get too involved. Meanwhile, Elka must decide between two senior suitors.
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Hot in Cleveland volume 10
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When a tornado threatens to hit Cleveland, the ladies find way more than just shelter in Elka's secret storm cellar.
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Hot in Cleveland volume 1
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Three best friends from Los Angeles are flying to Paris when their plane lands unexpectedly in Cleveland. Realizing that LA norms don't apply in Cleveland, they decide to stay where they're still considered hot.
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Hot in Cleveland volume 8
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When Victoria volunteers with a local high school play, they wind up doing her version of "Romeo and Juliet." Meanwhile, Melanie's hot new romance strains her friendship with Joy, and Elka goes funeral crashing.
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Hot in Cleveland volume 9
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When Melanie's secretive son (Joe Jonas) comes to visit she invades his privacy & learns a little too much about him. Meanwhile, when Victoria's nominated for an Emmy Elka helps her fake a deadly disease to gain sympathy & votes.
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Hot in Cleveland volume 4
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When the ladies attend a rock and roll hall of fame event, Victoria reunites with an old flame and Melanie gets up close and way too personal with her music idol, Hailey Nash.
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Hot in Cleveland volume 3
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The ladies set each other up on blind dates. Its love at first sight for Elka and Max (Carl Reiner), but Melanie turns out to be a dead-ringer for her date's lost love. Meanwhile, Victoria fixes up Joy with a "killer" date.
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Hot in Cleveland volume 6
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Melanie's mother & Victoria's father visit the ladies on the same weekend forcing them to see their parents in a new, deeply uncomfortable light. Meanwhile, Elka brings Joy & her mother together - much to Joy's dismay.
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Hot in Cleveland volume 2
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Joy exploits her newfound appeal in Cleveland by dating a much younger man but her new relationship exposes an old secret. Melanie encourages Elka to date again & Victoria shops for less at Big N Easy but stays for so much more.
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Pub. Date
2017.
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271 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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Inspired by her family's cooking legacy, Bertinelli creates dishes that are for the heart and soul. Whether you're looking for a breakfast smoothie, tea sandwiches, or a lobster BLT, her recipes are fresh, vibrant, and down to search.
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Pub. Date
2008
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viii, 277 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
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The actress recalls the challenges of maintaining a healthy self-image while coping with the stress of celebrity, her twenty-year marriage to rock star Eddie Van Halen, her battle with depression and weight, motherhood, and her determination to take control of her own life.
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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viii, 243 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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"Valerie Bertinelli shares an inspiring blueprint that offers women in midlife support and hope. She shares personal stories that many women will relate to from her past decade: hitting her fifties, taking care of her dying mother, the evolving relationship with her husband, a career change, her relationship with food, and the battle to believe in herself as she is"--
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2009
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x, 273 p. ; 24 cm.
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A former TV star and author of the #1 best seller Losing It returns with an intimate account of the challenges she faced after reaching her goal weight--including her son falling in love, her mother's health issues, her anger over her father's conservative politics, her struggles with faith, and more.
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Hot in Cleveland volume 22
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Targeted by a handsome news anchor's pranks, Victoria asks Joy to help her even the score, while Melanie gives a guy another chance and finds out he's a foot worshipper.
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Hot in Cleveland volume 7
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Elka brings home a rescue dog, Joy starts dating a man she met in her therapist's waiting room, and Victoria's agent recommends she make a sex tape to jumpstart her career.
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Hot in Cleveland volume 18
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Go behind the scenes with this collection of bloopers and interviews with Hot in Cleveland stars Wendie Malick, Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, and Betty White.