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Joan : life beyond the script / Joan Lunden ; with Tamela Rich.

Life beyond the script (portion title)
Lunden, Joan, (author.). Rich, Tamela, (author.).

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"For more than fifty years, America watched Joan Lunden live life in high gear. From cohosting Good Morning America to reporting on five Olympics and three royal weddings, she seemed unstoppable - always moving always chasing the next story. But when the spotlight shifted, Joan discovered that the hardest story to tell was her own. In Joan: Life Beyond the Script, the beloved journalist, author, and advocate reflects on a lifetime of crossroads - breaking into a man's world of broadcasting, bringing her baby to work when no one else dared, transforming her health at midlife, starting a second family in her fifties, battling and beating breast cancer, and navigating the challenges of helping her aging mother from across the country. Through each reinvention, Joan learned what it means to keep betting on yourself - to embrace change instead of fearing it and find new purpose in every stage of life. With candor, humor, and the energy that made her a household name, Joan invites readers to join her in exploring the same questions she asks herself: What happens when life shifts and leaves you in the unknown? How do we keep growing when the world keeps changing? Raw, wise, and full of heart, this is Joan Lunden's most personal story yet - an inspiring reminder that your best days aren't behind you. They're just waiting for their cue."-- from book jacket.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781637634929
  • ISBN: 1637634927
  • Physical Description: 390 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Nashville, Tennessee, : Lasega Books, [2026]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
An interactive memoir -- Introduction -- Come fly with me -- Meet the Blundens -- Missing -- Picking up the pieces -- Go ahead-underestimate me. That'll be fun -- Where in the world is...Joni Blunden? -- Coming home to change -- Getting my foot in the door -- Just say yes! -- If I can make it there, I can make it anywhere -- Small-town girl on the mean streets of NYC -- Accidental anchor -- Stepping out in the big apple -- The Fire Island fiasco -- The glass ceiling won't break itself -- Two-timing -- Ready in the wings -- I'll have my people call your people -- If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door -- An exercise in diplomacy -- Two phone calls -- Learning the ropes -- Good morning, I'm Joan Lunden -- Behind the scenes at GMA -- Perfecting the balancing act -- Early momfluencer -- Changing of the guard -- Out of the shadow -- Life in a fishbowl -- Field of land mines -- The flying inferno -- He had me at hello -- Trouble on the horizon -- The takeover and the takedown -- Head up, stay strong, smile, and move on -- Finding the good in goodbye -- When a door closes -- Becoming brave and bold -- The unexpected weight of opportunity -- Reinvention never retires -- Love, motherhood, and the freedom of ageless living -- From patient to advocate -- Then there was one -- Speaking of legacy -- Surfacing with intention -- For your viewing pleasure -- Acknowledgments.

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