Author(s): Sherry Beck Paprocki
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 136
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Language: English
Date Published: 2009-02-15
Dimensions: 165.1 x 236.22 x 12.7mm
Publication City/Country: Broomall, United States
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Illustrations: full-colour & black-&-white photographs, sidebars, chronology, further reading, web sites, index

Following her public announcement that she was gay, Ellen DeGeneres was at a loss for work in the late 1990s. She - and the character she played - had come out during the fourth season of her moderately successful television sitcom, and her show was canceled shortly thereafter. She thought her career as a comedian might be over. Through perseverance and talent, DeGeneres built a new career for herself as the host of an Academy Award-winning syndicated daytime television show. Ellen DeGeneres tells her story, from her childhood in Louisiana and Texas to her rise as one of the most recognizable faces on television.