Christine Schwab has lived a life of Hollywood and New York glamour most people can only dream about.For 20 years she appeared as a fashion and beauty reporter on the nations leading television shows including, Live with Regis & Kelly, Oprah!, The Today Show, Entertainment Tonight and NBC Nightly News. She dined with celebrities, met US Presidents, attended numerous Oscars, Emmys and Golden Globes, published two books and was featured in and wrote for many of the most popular magazines while living a thrilling personal and public life married to a powerful Hollywood executive.But for most of those years, she was hiding a devastating illness that threatened to take over her entire life. In Take Me Home From the Oscars, Schwab tells for the first time her story of living an amazing life in television while suffering from rheumatoid arthritis.Schwab recounts with incredible honesty how on the same day she produced and appeared in a major makeover segment for Live with Regis & Kelly in New York and then raced to Chicago to appear on Oprah!, all while balancing medications to ward off the relentless pain that plagued her on-camera and off.She shares an enchanted evening at the Oscars and the unpredictable arthritis pain that cut it heartbreakingly short.She re-lives being driven to deceive herself and others in a career that demands timeless beauty and youth. Schwab kept her career alive through determination, deception and hope. In Take Me Home From The Oscars, she takes us behind the scenes in Hollywood and New York, and behind her public persona to the 19-year journey through drug trials and treatment at the UCLA Medical Center.Readers will root for her at every step, and cheer when she ultimately finds remission and her new life's work as a spokesperson for the National Arthritis Foundation. This is a book of hope for anyone dealing with adversity in their life. Eight page black and white photo insert. Foreword by Deborah Norville.
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“This beautiful book of hope will inspire all of those who live with adversity… the Oscar story will just break your heart but show you how far you can go if you have determination and a positive attitude.” – Bonnie Tiegel, Entertainment Tonight/The Insider
“A delicious behind-the-scenes look at fashion and TV… and the vicious disease, the unrelenting pain, and the triumph that comes with finally deciding to wear it all like a badge of courage. Christine Schwab took lemons and turned them into haute couture. I like her style more than ever!” – Adam Glassman, O, The Oprah Magazine
“Christine Schwab shares the many obstacles of living with a devastating form of arthritis that threatened every aspect of her life and tested her strength. Her humbling story of courage, determination, and triumph is a true tale of inspiration for the millions of Americans who struggle with arthritis on a daily basis.” – John H. Klippel, MD, president and CEO, Arthritis Foundation
“Christine has always been a class act – on camera and off. She shares her story with honesty and her signature style.” – Kathie Lee Gifford
About the Author
Christine Schwab is a fashion, beauty, and lifestyle television reporter and author. She has been a recurring guest on Oprah!, NBC Nightly News, CBS's The Early Show, The Today Show, Live with Regis and Kelly, Entertainment Tonight, The Insider, Rachael Ray, Inside Edition, and E! Entertainment. Schwab has also been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine; Newsweek; Vanity Fair; Ladies Home Journal; Women’s World; The Chicago Tribune; The Huffington Post; and the Washington Post Book Magazine/Sunday. She is author of Quickstyle and The Grown-Up Girl’s Guide to Style. Schwab lives in Newport and Beverly Hills, California.
Christine Schwab is known as one of the most successful television personalities and authors in fashion, beauty and lifestyle. She has been a recurring guest on the most popular network television shows including; Oprah!, NBC Nightly News, CBS-The Early Show, The Today Show, Live with Regis and Kelly, Entertainment Tonight, The Insider, Rachael Ray, Inside Edition, CNBC News, Fox Network News, E! Entertainment and Weekend Today. Schwab started her career as a journalist on KABC-TV Eyewitness News in Los Angeles.
Her most recent book, "THE GROWN-UP GIRL'S GUIDE TO STYLE" was published in September, 2006 by Harper Collins. Christine's first book, "QUICKSTYLE" was published under her maiden name, Christine Kunzelman by Random House in September of 1994. Christine's third book, "TAKE ME HOME FROM THE OSCARS", a memoir will be published by Skyhorse May 1, 2011.
As the contributing style editor to Redbook magazine Christine wrote a highly rated monthly column that also appeared in the Australian magazine She. Schwab has also been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, Ladies Home Journal, Women's World, The Chicago Tribune, The Huffington Post and The Washington Post Book Magazine/Sunday.
Schwab has also been a spokesperson for many of the country's leading fashion and beauty companies. Estee Lauder, Revlon, Cotton Inc., Lenscrafters, Patek Phillipe and The Platinum Guilde are just a few of the companies Christine has worked with. Some of her private style consultation clients have included: ABC, Disney, Universal Studios, and WABC-TV.
Christine is a member of Aftra, Fashion Group, Writer's Market, and Pen USA. She is a spokesperson for the National Arthritis Foundation. More information and television clips are available on her website: www.christineschwab.com
So many of us take our 'normal' childhoods and pain-free lives for granted. We grew up feeling both loved and cherished and assumed everyone else did. In her gutsy memoir, Take Me Home From the Oscars, Christine Schwab shares with readers that she did not have that kind of childhood. We ache for the lonely child who must say good-bye to her beautiful, but distant, mother never knowing when they will see each other again. We wonder about her absent father. Later we agonize with the successful television personality as she deals with years of pain from rheumatoid arthritis, suffering reactions from numerous medications, always hoping for remission. But this is not a story of despair. It is a story of strength, determination, and the power of unconditional love. Christine chose long ago not to let her past define or limit her. This book is proof she has succeeded! Told in a chatty, informal style, this emotional story is a must read.
You owe it to yourself to get to know Christine Schwab. In Take Me Home from the Oscars, she tells the inspiring story of fighting rheumatoid arthritis in secret while working in the exciting and glamorous world of fashion and style reporting. It's a fascinating book - its mix of behind-the-scenes stories from a number of well-known television shows and the raw emotion of a challenging and serious health issue is well paced and keeps you glued to the page. Schwab's honesty in recounting the struggles from her childhood and the impact these had on her adult life, as well as battling severe RA is very moving. Anyone who lives with a chronic illness will be able to relate to her stories of navigating the medical field, trying to keep work and family life going and the quest to feel normal when everything very much isn't. Her call for activism and advocacy to and the stigma of rheumatoid arthritis is incredibly motivating. I believe this book will be an important part of creating awareness about RA.
Christine Schwab has written a poignant, inspiring story about the devastating effects rheumatoid arthritis has on both her personal and professional life. As you turn the pages, you are taken on an emotional roller coaster of pain and triumph. She balances her career in the unforgiving entertainment world while testing dozens of medications and incurring debilitating side effects in order to find relief. Her incredible courage, optimism and determination shine through on every page. Christine Schwab is truly an inspriation to me and will be to anyone who reads the book.
