Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories

by Kelly Ripa

Overview

An instant New York Times bestseller from Kelly Ripa—a sharp, funny, and honest collection of real-life stories showing the many dimensions and crackling wit of the beloved daytime talk show host.

In Live Wire, her first book, Kelly shows what really makes her tick. As a professional, as a wife, as a daughter and as a mother, she brings a hard-earned wisdom and an eye for the absurdity of life to every minute of every day. It is her relatability in all of these roles that has earned her fans worldwide and millions of followers on social media. Whether recounting how she and Mark really met, the level of chauvinism she experienced on set, how Jersey Pride follows her wherever she goes, and many, many moments of utter mortification (whence she proves that you cannot, in fact, die of embarrassment) Kelly always tells it like it is. Ms. Ripa takes no prisoners.

Surprising, at times savage, a little shameless and always with humor… Live Wire shows Kelly as she really is offscreen—a very wise woman who has something to say. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780063211155
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	09/27/2022
Edition description:	Large Print
Pages:	432
Sales rank:	1,117,878
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Kelly Ripa is an actress, daytime talk show host, and television producer. She got her start on ABC’s All My Children, where she appeared for 12 years. She is the host of Live with Kelly and Ryan and has three children with her husband, actor and television producer Mark Consuelos.

Table of Contents

A Protracted Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Much Ado about Imposter Syndrome 11

Chapter 2 The Garden State 25

Chapter 3 Scenes from a Real Marriage 37

Chapter 4 Don't Let Your Husband Pick Your Death Clothes 63

Chapter 5 Have You Called Your Mother? 79

Chapter 6 What's a Baby Nurse? 91

Chapter 7 It's Probably Just the Flu 105

Chapter 8 Fool Me Once/Fool Me Twice 121

Chapter 9 Aging Gracefully: The Big Lie 161

Chapter 10 The White House Correspondents' Dinner 177

Chapter 11 The Reversal of Psychology 201

Chapter 12 The Good News: You Can't Die From Embarrassment 215

Chapter 13 I Might Have Been High, Possibly, Maybe 231

Chapter 14 This Nest is Clean 247

What Epilogue Is This? 293

Acknowledgments 297

Editorial Reviews

This laugh-out-loud book is a must-read for Ripa’s legions of fans.” — Bustle

From the Publisher

09/26/2022

Actor and talk show host Ripa offers a no-holds-barred glimpse of her personal and professional life in her self-deprecating debut. Ripa’s humor shines as she dives into topics such as marriage, family, chauvinism, therapy, cosmetic surgery, and her kids leaving for college. The former All My Children star’s flair for the dramatic takes center stage as she discusses her lifelong obsession with Cher, meeting her husband (and Riverdale fan favorite) Mark Consuelos, and the unconventional auditions that landed her the role of Live! with Regis cohost: for her first on-camera audition, Ripa interviewed a psychic who announced Ripa’s pregnancy to the studio audience, though Ripa herself hadn’t yet told anyone outside her immediate family. “I felt like I was underwater,” Ripa writes of her shock. In one particularly entertaining story, Ripa giddily describes a lavish dinner party where she sat directly across from Richard Gere. While speaking with him, she indulged in a harmless fantasy inspired by his 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman: “I do remember at one point wondering if Richard Gere could pick me up as easily as he did Debra Winger.” Ripa has a penchant for name-dropping and rambling (or, as she puts it, making a “long story, longer”), but her essays are unapologetic, uninhibited, and undeniably hilarious. This banter-filled collection will delight daytime television devotees. Agent: Cait Hoyt, Creative Artists Agency. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly