My life to live : how I became the queen of soaps when men ruled the airwaves
Title:
My life to live : how I became the queen of soaps when men ruled the airwaves
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ISBN:
9780451498236
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
xv, 266 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Contents:
Paper dolls -- The problem with perfection -- Guiding lights -- The mills of God -- The promise of a kiss -- The eighth child -- Lieutenant Priester -- Freedom of opportunity -- New frontiers -- Search for tomorrow -- Best man -- Settling down -- The tie that binds -- Pine Valley dreams -- One life to live -- Make 'em laugh, make 'em cry, make 'em wait -- The power of the pencil -- The ratings speak -- Actors and me -- Time and tide.
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Summary:
In this memoir, Agnes Nixon--the television pioneer who wrote and produced the award-winning soap operas All my children and One life to live--outlines her own dramatic life and how she broke network taboos about controversial issues and began a long line of female showrunners.
