@AuntG She'd written 2 books, this was the first. It was about her life from day 1 up until the mid 90's. She was born in the 30's.
The second was probably a re-cap of book one and included her struggle with Type 1 Diabetes.
She was diagnosed immediately following a miscarriage and she just went a little too far with that story, imho. It was grotesque and left me weak in the knees.
She played a wholesome person, but admittedly, she wasn't. She didn't play *herself*. She either played Laura Petrie or Mary Richards or whoever else....