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If You Ask Me

And of Course You Won't

by Betty White

If You Ask Me

Paperback, 254 pages, Penguin Group USA, List Price: $15 | purchase

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Book Summary

A personal account by the seven-time Emmy Award-winning actress and 2010 AP Entertainer of the Year shares stories from her decades in Hollywood while offering her lighthearted perspectives on topics ranging from sex and aging to animal welfare and television. 600,000 first printing.

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  • White, Betty,
  • Television actors and actresses,
  • Biography,
  • United States

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All In The Game: College Admissions, Youth Basketball And The Wild West

Betty White has been on television — in her words — "forever." Her new memoir, If You Ask Me, focuses on the past 15 years of her life and career, which has been skyrocketing as a new generation discovers a sweet, 89-year-old-lady with a naughty mind. But White doesn't see it that way. "I don't think of it as naughty," she says. "I don't like dirty humor. I like double entendre, because then the people who get it, enjoy it — and the people who don't get it, don't know about... more

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Betty White Still A Hit, With Ever-Younger Fans

"One thing they don't tell you about growing old," Betty White writes, "You don't  feel old, you just feel like yourself. And it's true. I don't feel 89 years old. I simply am 89 years old."

May 8, 2011 Betty White has been on television — in her words — "forever." Her new memoir, If You Ask Me, focuses on the past 15 years of her life and career. Far from slowing down, that career has been skyrocketing as a new generation gets to know her.

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