How to Save a Life: The Inside Story of Grey's Anatomy

The first inside story of one of TV's most popular and beloved dramas, Grey's Anatomy

More than fifteen years after its premiere, Grey's Anatomy remains one of the most beloved dramas on television and ABC's most important property. It typically wins its time slot and has ranked in the top twenty most-watched shows in primetime for most of its seventeen-season run. It currently averages more than eight million viewers each week.

Beyond that, it's been a cultural touchstone. It introduced the unique voice and vision of Shonda Rhimes; it made Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, and T. R. Knight household names; and injected words and phrases into the cultural lexicon, such as “McDreamy,” “seriously,” and “you're my person.” And the behind-the-scenes drama has always been just as juicy as what was happening in front of the camera, from the controversial departure of Isaiah Washington to Katherine Heigl's fall from grace and Patrick Dempsey's shocking death episode. The show continued to hemorrhage key players, but the beloved hospital series never skipped a beat.

Lynette Rice's How to Save a Life takes a totally unauthorized deep dive into the show's humble start, while offering exclusive intel on the behind-the-scenes culture, the most heartbreaking departures, and the more polarizing plot lines. This exhaustively enthusiastic audiobook is one that no Grey's Anatomy fan should be without.

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How to Save a Life: The Inside Story of Grey's Anatomy

The first inside story of one of TV's most popular and beloved dramas, Grey's Anatomy

More than fifteen years after its premiere, Grey's Anatomy remains one of the most beloved dramas on television and ABC's most important property. It typically wins its time slot and has ranked in the top twenty most-watched shows in primetime for most of its seventeen-season run. It currently averages more than eight million viewers each week.

Beyond that, it's been a cultural touchstone. It introduced the unique voice and vision of Shonda Rhimes; it made Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, and T. R. Knight household names; and injected words and phrases into the cultural lexicon, such as “McDreamy,” “seriously,” and “you're my person.” And the behind-the-scenes drama has always been just as juicy as what was happening in front of the camera, from the controversial departure of Isaiah Washington to Katherine Heigl's fall from grace and Patrick Dempsey's shocking death episode. The show continued to hemorrhage key players, but the beloved hospital series never skipped a beat.

Lynette Rice's How to Save a Life takes a totally unauthorized deep dive into the show's humble start, while offering exclusive intel on the behind-the-scenes culture, the most heartbreaking departures, and the more polarizing plot lines. This exhaustively enthusiastic audiobook is one that no Grey's Anatomy fan should be without.

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How to Save a Life: The Inside Story of Grey's Anatomy

How to Save a Life: The Inside Story of Grey's Anatomy

by Lynette Rice

Narrated by Kate Mulligan

Unabridged — 7 hours, 31 minutes

How to Save a Life: The Inside Story of Grey's Anatomy

How to Save a Life: The Inside Story of Grey's Anatomy

by Lynette Rice

Narrated by Kate Mulligan

Unabridged — 7 hours, 31 minutes

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The first inside story of one of TV's most popular and beloved dramas, Grey's Anatomy

More than fifteen years after its premiere, Grey's Anatomy remains one of the most beloved dramas on television and ABC's most important property. It typically wins its time slot and has ranked in the top twenty most-watched shows in primetime for most of its seventeen-season run. It currently averages more than eight million viewers each week.

Beyond that, it's been a cultural touchstone. It introduced the unique voice and vision of Shonda Rhimes; it made Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, and T. R. Knight household names; and injected words and phrases into the cultural lexicon, such as “McDreamy,” “seriously,” and “you're my person.” And the behind-the-scenes drama has always been just as juicy as what was happening in front of the camera, from the controversial departure of Isaiah Washington to Katherine Heigl's fall from grace and Patrick Dempsey's shocking death episode. The show continued to hemorrhage key players, but the beloved hospital series never skipped a beat.

Lynette Rice's How to Save a Life takes a totally unauthorized deep dive into the show's humble start, while offering exclusive intel on the behind-the-scenes culture, the most heartbreaking departures, and the more polarizing plot lines. This exhaustively enthusiastic audiobook is one that no Grey's Anatomy fan should be without.


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"This juicy oral history will be a comforting read for those who've been there since the beginning." —Booklist

Library Journal

10/22/2021

Rice (editor at large, Entertainment Weekly) has compiled a "totally unauthorized" oral history of the long-running medical TV drama Grey's Anatomy, complete with gossip and backstabbing comments about the series' stars and its creator, Shonda Rimes. Rice interviewed nearly 80 different individuals involved in the making of the show (those who chose to remain anonymous are credited as a "person familiar with the situation" or similar) and pieced together quotes from previously published interviews with Grey's figures she wasn't able to speak to, including Rimes. Rice focuses largely on the actors' bad behavior and scandals—including those that made headlines (Isaiah Washington's homophobic comments; Katherine Heigl's voicing her displeasure with the script) and those that didn't (Patrick Dempsey's complaining that allegedly created a negative atmosphere on set; Ellen Pompeo's dislike for learning her lines)—but she also includes an entertaining interview with the Fray, whose song "How To Save a Life" became the group's highest-charting tune thanks to its use on multiple Grey's episodes. Sadly, the book doesn't examine the show's 17th season, which covered both the pandemic in real time and ongoing human rights issues. VERDICT There's a simple reason why Grey's is entering its 18th season: its passionate superfans, who will devour this tell-all book.—Lisa Henry, Kirkwood P.L., MO

Product Details

BN ID: 2940178786093
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date: 12/21/2021
Edition description: Unabridged
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