It's Better to Laugh. Life, Good Luck, Bad Hair Days, and QVC

Levine, Kathy & Jane Scovell; Rivers, Joan

ISBN 10: 0671511076 / ISBN 13: 9780671511074

Published by Pocket Books, 1995

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0.7 x 9.5 x 6.4 Inches; 283 pages; The ultra-popular host of QVC shares her fascinating life story! "I am who I am, and you like it or don't. I'm not changing. Since I made the decision to be myself, I've had more fun and better relationships than ever. No lightning bolt is going to strike this girl twice!" Kathy Levine is the girl next door who answered an ad in 1986 and became a host for the then-infant cable-TV shopping network, QVC. A few years and over fifty million viewers later, Kathy, "the champion of the middle-aged, not-so-beautiful woman," is a national phenomenon. In It's Better To Laugh., Kathy reveals to her fans the most precious jewels of all -- her laughter, her tears, her hard-won triumphs, and what she's learned about life and being good to herself. She also tells all about life at QVC -- off and on camera, her romantic ups and downs, her special bond with her mother, and her ongoing struggles with her weight and hair! Told with the warmth, honesty and humor that could only come from Kathy herself, It's Better To Laugh. brings us the nicest, funniest, most down to earth woman on television today -- sharing her intimate thoughts and experiences.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: It's Better to Laugh. Life, Good Luck, Bad Hair Days, and QVC
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671511076
• ISBN 13: 9780671511074
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The personal story of QVC hostess Kathy Levine includes her relationships with co-hosts and celebrities, her marriage and divorce to a man she still considers a close friend, her family affairs, and her struggles with her weight and hair. Tour.

Reviews

QVC is one of the most successful cable TV shopping channels, and Levine is one of its most successful "hosts," i.e., pitchwoman. Those already in love with Levine, and their number is legion, will be as eager to buy her autobiography as they are to purchase anything she sells on the tube; others won't. As told to Scovell, who also collaborated on books with Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Horne, Kathy's life story is the tale of a Jewish girl with a wonderfully supportive mother and a sour, negative father, who grew up overweight and self-deprecating, married and divorced a nice guy who didn't want a wife with a career, schlepped around in a series of jobs and finally found her niche at QVC. Amid her claims that her primary motivation is bringing happiness to viewers, it becomes clear that she could give lessons in fiscal focus to J.P. Morgan and Donald Trump. This TV diva who has come into her own gives us the "real poop" throughout, e.g., "Being a single woman is not a curse... you don't necessarily need a 'man' [but] you do need a purpose." Author tour.
- you do need a purpose." Author tour.
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