Edition |
First Touchstone hardcover edition. |
Description |
x, 275 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents |
Preface: Everybody's got a special kind of story -- Suicide by cop -- "I want to be just like him when I grow up" -- Sky's the limit! -- Hollywood teen -- Everything changes -- There's only stars in the sky -- What's an officer like you doing in a uniform like that? -- Life after Willis -- Billy the kid -- Life in the hood -- The fall -- Justice and its aftermath -- Methamphetamine blues -- Back on the chain gang -- Seventh heaven. |
Summary |
The former child star best known for his role on "Diff'rent Strokes" outlines the story of his career, the struggles with drug abuse that led to a prison sentence, and his efforts to raise addiction awareness and establish an identity separate from his television character. |
Subject |
Bridges, Todd, 1965-
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Television actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
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Added Author |
Tomlinson, Sarah.
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ISBN |
9781439148983 alkaline paper |
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1439148988 alkaline paper |
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