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I'll Be Damned
I'll Be Damned: How My Young and Restless Life Led Me to America's #1 Daytime Drama | Eric Braeden
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In this startling candid and poignant memoir, the legendary Emmy Award-winning star of The Young and The Restless, America's #1 soap opera, chronicles his amazing life, from his birth in World War II Germany to his arrival in America to his rise to humanitarian and daytime superstar for the past thirty-five years. For nearly four decades, fans have welcomed the star of televisions number-one daytime show, The Young and the Restless, into their living rooms. While theyve come to know and love the suave Victor Newman, few truly know the man behind the character, the supremely talented Eric Braeden. I'll Be Damned is his storya startling and uplifting true tale of war, deprivation, determination, fame, and social commitment that spans from Nazi Germany to modern Hollywood. Braedens journey from a hospital basement in Kiel to the soundstages of Los Angeles has taught him more about joy, heartbreak, fear, dignity, loss, love, loneliness, exhilaration, courage, persecution, and profound responsibility to the global community than he could have hoped to learn in several lifetimes. Growing up in the years after Germanys defeat, Braeden knew very little about the atrocities of his parents generation, until he arrived in America as a teenagera discovery that horrified and transformed him. Trying to redress the wrongs of his homeland, he has dedicated his life to humanitarian workeven forming the German American Culture Societyworking for decades to show the world that what we share as humans is far more important than what separates us from one another. Told with openness, candor, humor, heart, and occasional raw vulnerability, Ill Be Damned reveals a man committed to making the world a better, more loving place. Filled with sixteen pages of photos from his decorated life and career, Ill Be Damned will be a treasured keepsake for Y&R fans, and is an inspiring testament to the goodness within us all.
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Graciouswarriorprincess
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I finished my first 2018 reading challenges today! #readinggoals

Author_Chelsea_Warren_PA Yay!!! Great job!!!! ☺❤ 6y
Trashcanman Woot woot 6y
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Graciouswarriorprincess
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My new iPad mini cover and starting this tonight! Thanks @DGRachel for getting this book and having it signed for me!

JoScho Love that cover!! 6y
DGRachel Happy to help! Enjoy!! 6y
sammisho Cute cover! 6y
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EchoLogical I love both the book and the cover! Where‘d you get it from? 6y
Lizpixie That cover!😍 Where did you get it?? 6y
Dragon Saw that book at Chapters Saturday. Looking forward to your review. 👍😀 6y
Graciouswarriorprincess @EchoLogical Book from @DGRachel who picked it up for me and got it autographed. Cover from Amazon. 6y
Graciouswarriorprincess @tpixie Amazon for the cover. 6y
Graciouswarriorprincess @Dragon. It is reading very quickly. I may have a review up tomorrow.😉 6y
Dragon Excellent! Just about to watch Y&R 😂 6y
tpixie @Lizpixie Amazon 6y
tpixie Victor Newman! Bet that's a great read. 6y
Graciouswarriorprincess @tpixie. Thanks for catching that and it is a great read. 6y
Graciouswarriorprincess @Dragon. I started with Y&R when I was 12 and watched for about 25 years. I haven‘t seen it in years now but still love some of the characters especially Victor and Nikki. 6y
Dragon Victor and Nikki are still on again off again. 😂 6y
Graciouswarriorprincess @Dragon of course they are!😛🤪😍 6y
tpixie @Graciouswarriorprincess yes!! I have watched GH OFF and on since I was 18, All my children before that. Have seen bits of Y&R over the years... we like stories of all kinds! 6y
Graciouswarriorprincess @tpixie My grandmother watched GH for years. I remember watching it with her as a little girl. 😉 6y
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@Graciouswarriorprincess - For you, my friend, complete with photographic proof, sans makeup, that I stood in line three hours for the real signature. I didn't have the guy behind me in line sign it. He offered. 😂🤣😂

Graciouswarriorprincess @DGRachel Thank you!!! You look fabulous!! Lol about the guy signing it and I wished that I could have met Eric. I have watched Y&R since it started and I was 12. However, I haven't watched it now in about 10 years, just off and on again. I owe you big time!👍🏻😍🤗📚📖❤️ (edited) 7y
DGRachel @Graciouswarriorprincess He was a really nice guy - chatted with everyone for as long as they wanted (hence the three hour wait). I watched ABC soaps growing up and my sorority sisters watched NBC, so I felt a little out of place. 😂 But, yeah - the guy behind me was hysterical. His babysitter watched all the CBS soaps, so he got hooked from a very young age and still watches. #superfan 7y
Graciouswarriorprincess @DGRachel is the meetup still happening tomorrow? 7y
DGRachel @Graciouswarriorprincess Yep! I'll send out a reminder post in a few minutes. 7y
Graciouswarriorprincess @DGRachel Thank you. I can‘t wait to meet you tomorrow! 7y
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The last time I was at a book signing with this many people was more than 20 years ago (Anne Rice). This place is PACKED.

Graciouswarriorprincess @DGRachel Thank you so much!! I would have loved to attend but helping my boyfriend move this weekend. 7y
ChicaReads I'm sooo jealous 😎 7y
DGRachel @Graciouswarriorprincess I heard they ran out of books. There are some really unhappy people. I wish I'd gotten here earlier, but glad I wasn't "late"! 7y
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Graciouswarriorprincess @DGRachel wow! That's a shame. 7y
Melkyl Of course it's packed...he's Victor!! 7y
DGRachel @Melwilk 😂😂 Which means nothing to me. 😂😂 I did hear later that they ordered books for people who came late and gave them bookplates for Mr. Braeden to sign. Most people were cool with that, but I guess there was one guy that was...irate. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 7y
Melkyl @DGRachel I watched him as Victor on The Young and the Restless when I was a kid back in the seventies. That's how long he has ruled daytime TV. He has always appeared to be ageless. 7y
Reecaspieces @Melwilk exactly what my husband said..."HE IS AN ICON!" 7y
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Entertaining memoir by a man who's lived quite an exceptional life. My all-time favorite TV baddie with a heart of gold, Genoa City's own Victor Newman, is actually a real person! No but seriously, Eric Braeden much like Victor Newman rose from humble begins to become the powerhouse he is today. My only criticism is that this book could have probably been a little more in-depth.

#celebritylove #sizzlinsummerbooks @Tiffy_Reads

megt I keep meaning to pick this up. My mom has watched Y&R since the beginning, so Victor and the rest of the Genoa City crew have always been part of my life. Would love to know more about Eric's life. 7y
EchoLogical @megt You should definitely read it. I'm convinced that Eric Braeden is Victor Newman in his soul, a badass who takes no $#!+ and loves his family fiercely. He's awesome. 7y
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Absolutely love to hear memoirs in the subject's own voice! I can also count this as an immigrant story, as Eric Braeden didn't come to the US until he was 18. I enjoyed the ride through all the decades with him, and was surprised to see how much of his own personality and interests show through in Victor Newman.

minkyb He is certainly the back bone of the show! 7y
SaraFair @minkyb - you are right! Love him even when he's bad- 7y
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"With the simple words 'Let's do it,' and a handshake, I was off on a whole new adventure...".

I am really enjoying this book.