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After the Fall: How I Picked Myself Up, Dusted Myself Off, and Started All Over Again [Hardcover]

Suzanne Somers (Author)
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April 14, 1998
In this moving and inspiring follow-up to her New York Times best-selling memoir, Keeping Secrets, Suzanne Somers revisits her years before and after Three's Company and reveals with fearless self-examination how the dizzying rise and fall of her television career mirrored the chaos and conflict in her personal life.  
        With her usual candor and perspective, Suzanne takes readers inside the rehearsal hall of Three's Company and offers a never-before-seen look at the competition, jealousy, and greed that accompanies a hit TV show. As the lovable
Chrissy Snow, Suzanne Somers became the toast of Hollywood, with all its glittery perks. Yet all was not perfect, she confesses. Simultaneously, her professional success and her relationship with her husband, the love of a lifetime, were being sorely tested as they attempted to blend their families together and were forced to deal with the anger and resentment of their mutual children.
        When she became the first female star to ask for the same pay as male television stars, Suzanne was fired from Three's Company and the once-
welcoming doors to the most powerful offices in Hollywood slammed shut. For the better part of the next decade, she was unofficially blackballed from television because of this incident.
         In this insightful memoir, Suzanne tells all, from the heady days of stardom to her fall from grace and the grief that followed, to her eventual resurrection as an entrepreneur, best-selling author, and, once again, beloved TV star. Every reader who's ever experienced loss or felt a great opportunity slip through his or her fingers can relate
to Suzanne's story of how she fought back, won
control over her own destiny, and learned lessons along the journey.


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Amazon.com Review

You have to admire a book with the prologue: "My goal in life is to become the person my dog thinks I am." Suzanne Somers's third book, After the Fall chronicles how she became blackballed from Hollywood after demanding a raise for her role on Three's Company. While she was only asking for pay equal to that of male TV stars of that era ($150,000 a week), she was promptly canned from the show and had difficulty finding acting work for the next decade. Simultaneously, Somers was dealing with her new husband's chilly treatment toward her son from her first marriage, Bruce, and Bruce's reaction to having a stepsister and a stepbrother.

Somers's descriptions of the star-studded Hollywood parties can occasionally become too heavy-handed, and it can be hard to sympathize when Somers says she had to cut back her lavish spending, such as on her $1,500-a-day personal hair stylist and makeup artist. However, readers interested in behind-the-scenes descriptions such as those of inflamed egos on the set of the show, the intricacies of the filming of a Barbara Walters interview, and the drama of choreographing a Las Vegas show will find this book a revealing read, especially given its 16 pages of pictures.

From Publishers Weekly

This combination of Hollywood memoir and pop psychology self-analysis follows Somers's 1986 bestseller, Keeping Secrets, in tracing the long-term effects of growing up with an alcoholic father. While relating her professional ups and downs, Somers also reveals the personal life lived behind the glittering facade that concealed a disastrous sense of isolation and "keeping secrets." Marriage, motherhood, step-parenting and professional ambition were all colored by the classic traits of adult children of alcoholics?fear, low self-worth, control issues, denial, self-sabotage and a nearly insatiable need for approval and love. Somers identifies her own mistakes and "lessons" along the way with insight that comes only with age (she is now in her 50s) and unrelenting self-examination. At the height of her popularity as Chrissy Snow in the TV sitcom Three's Company, she reports, "the network had decided to make an example of the next big star who asked for a salary increase," and she was dropped from the show and virtually blackballed from show business. In simple, conversational prose, Somers recounts her resulting "diversification" into night-club acts (including a long-running hit in Las Vegas), ThighMaster exercise equipment, jewelry and books; she eventually returned to TV series comedy, in Step by Step. Her book is a cheerful pep talk, not high literature, but it does its job well and, in any case, it's hard to dislike a book that posts the dedication, "My goal in life is to become the person my dog thinks I am." Simultaneous Random House audio; TV satellite tour.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 308 pages
  • Publisher: Crown; 1st edition (April 14, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0609603124
  • ISBN-13: 978-0609603123
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #113,387 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Suzanne Somers is the author of sixteen books, including the New York Times bestsellers Keeping Secrets, five Somersize titles, and The Sexy Years. The former star of the hit television programs Three's Company and Step by Step, Suzanne is one of the most trusted and respected brand names in the world, representing cosmetics and skin care products, apparel, jewelry, a computerized facial fitness system, fitness products, and an extensive food line. Suzanne received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from National University and is a highly sought-after commencement speaker. For more information, go to her website SuzanneSomers.com.

 

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Very good book!, June 3, 2000
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This review is from: After the Fall: How I Picked Myself Up, Dusted Myself Off, and Started All Over Again (Hardcover)
The book AFTER THE FALL is a very interesting autobiography by a charming and talented performer. It describes how Suzanne Somers became one of the the most famous TV performers in the 70s only to become one of the most unsuccessful TV performers of the 80s. She deserved better than what she got on THREE'S COMPANY. It was especially interesting to read about how Suzanne reacted when she met the actress who replaced her on THREE'S COMPANY. The book is also about how Suzanne and her husband blended their families together. Suzanne's husband was very resentful of her son and it was sad to read about the way Bruce was treated for many years. But in the end everything works out for the best. And I can only hope that one day there will be a THREE'S COMPANY reunion?
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Suzanne survived, February 15, 2008
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Roberta Hotard "Mrs. H" (Somewhere here, Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: After the Fall: How I Picked Myself Up, Dusted Myself Off, and Started All Over Again (Hardcover)
Although I am not a huge reader of books, I have to admit going through depression before I moved last summer. I picked up this book in the library and enjoyed every word. Suzanne Somers survived the hard times of her early career and rose to fame. This is a great book to read. I was fortunate to locate a copy on Amazon and happy to say I now own my copy. I enjoy watching her movies,and also her sitcoms Three's Company and Step By Step. Pick up your copy you will not be disappointed and enjoy. The title just fits of how my life went over the years , and how I got myself together to survive.
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22 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Who's the real victim here?, February 19, 2000
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I'm glad that Suzanne Somers has found peace and happiness in her life. I was disappointed though with her road to peace. She was young and immature when she filmed "Threes Company". I do agree with her that she deserved to be paid as much as a male and it is unfortunate that, at that time, Hollywood didn't think so. Her account of how poor she was as an unwed mother, before her rise to fame, didn't set well with me. California was and is a welfare state. Why didn't she go on public assistance? She spoke to Barbara Walters of the shame of posing nude so she could support her young son. Yet, in Dec. 1984 she posed nude again for "Playboy Magazine". She failed to mention that in the book, yet there is a picture of the cover of "Playboy". Her excessive spending and then sudden loss of income didn't make me cry. Spending $1500.00 each day for make-up and hair styling. That's rent for most people in California. She mentioned how Allens parents were a little uncomfortable of she and Allen spending so much money on elaborate gifts at Christmas time. His parents were very poor when he was little. You would think that she would have remembered her days of struggling as a single mom and how every penny counted. Finally, how in the world could she stay with a man who for years didn't want anything to do with her son! She says that her son always came first. If her son came first, she should have told Allen to take a hike! How could she hear Allen speak to Bruce the way he did and then speak of passionte nights in bed with Allen? I hope that Bruce has truly healed from the hurtful past. However, for him I would recommend a book titled, "Toxic Parents", by Dr. Susan Forward. I come from a broken home and "Toxic Parents" helped me a lot. As for Allen, he should be ashamed. What kind of a role model has he been for Bruce, Stephen and Leslie?
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