Hayden Panettiere Releases Memoir at 36 After 10 Years of Depression, Addiction and Sobriety
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Updated · The New York Times · May 17
Hayden Panettiere Releases Memoir at 36 After 10 Years of Depression, Addiction and Sobriety
7 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 17
Tuesday marks the release of Hayden Panettiere’s memoir, “This Is Me: A Reckoning,” which recounts a decade of postpartum depression, alcohol and Klonopin addiction, rehab stays, loss of custody of her daughter and eventual sobriety.
Panettiere, 36, said the book grew out of reassessing her life as an adult and mother, after years of public scrutiny that began when she was a child actor.
The memoir also revisits her rise from soap operas and “Remember the Titans” to NBC’s “Heroes,” where intense tabloid coverage and body-shaming left her with body dysmorphia.
With the book launch now her main focus, Panettiere said she is also returning to acting and weighing ambitions in producing, directing and lifestyle businesses.
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