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How to Save a Life

The Inside Story of Grey's Anatomy

by Lynette Rice
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

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 20 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 plotlines. This exhaustively enthusiastic book is one that no Grey's Anatomy fan should be without.

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    September 21, 2021

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      • ISBN: 9781250272010

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      • File size: 15581 KB

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    • English

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    • Booklist

      October 15, 2021
      For fans, TV's Grey's Anatomy is the gift that keeps on giving. Entertainment Weekly reporter Rice interviewed more than 80 cast members, crew, and ABC executives, combining her work with archival interviews to compile How to Save a Life. Chronicling the most influential moments (onscreen and off) of the megahit show can't have been an easy task, but Rice manages to make this story sing through the voices of the people who were there, interjecting very little of her own prose while deftly fitting the interviews together to tell the story well. Rice makes sure to pay tribute to the music of Grey's also, as any true appreciation of the show must. One note of caution: anyone but the most rabid of fans will want to bookmark the provided cast list--any show spanning 15 years and a massive, ever-changing cast will end up with a big roster. Now, with every season feeling like it could be the last, this juicy oral history will be a comforting read for those who've been there since the beginning.

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    • Library Journal

      October 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

      Copyright 2021 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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