Overview
- The memoir, published March 3, recounts childhood sexual abuse, a turbulent home life, abusive relationships, and the pressures of early fame through unsealed diary entries.
- Applegate reveals she ended a pregnancy at 19 during a violent relationship in 1991, presenting excerpts from her contemporaneous journals.
- She details living with multiple sclerosis since 2021, including severe daily pain, incontinence, mobility limits, and more than 50 pounds of weight loss tied to MS-related stomach issues.
- The actor says she has been hospitalized repeatedly in recent years and is often confined to bed, yet she cherishes driving her daughter, Sadie, to school when she can.
- Built from long‑locked journals and about 100 hours of recorded reflections, the book’s unfiltered voice has drawn early notices for its raw candor, with occasional lighter celebrity anecdotes.