<b>The renowned actress behind the character Nikki Newman of <i>The Young and the Restless</i> tells all in this scintillating memoir, divulging the insider details of her dramatic life and sixty-year career.</b> <p/> Melody Thomas Scott admits she is nothing like her <i>Young and the Restless</i> role, who has seen it all in her forty-year tenure on America's highest-rated daytime serial. But the high drama, angst, and catastrophes aren't confined to her character's plotlines. In this captivating memoir, Melody reveals behind-the-scenes tales of her own riveting journey to stardom. <p/> As Nikki went from impoverished stripper to resourceful, vivacious heroine--with missteps as gripping as her triumphs--Melody became a household name, enthralling global audiences. Her road to stardom was also her road to personal freedom, marked by an escape fit for cinema. In <i>Always Young and Restless</i>, Melody tells of her troubled, untraditional upbringing for the first time. <p/> Learn how she suffered at home with her grandmother, a compulsive hoarder, whose cruelty as her guardian is shockingly extreme, and endured abuse at the hands of industry men; what it was like to act in feature films with Alfred Hitchcock, John Wayne, and Clint Eastwood; and how she took control of her life and career in a daring getaway move. And of course, Melody divulges juicy on-and-off-set details of what it's like to be one half of the show's most successful supercouple, "Niktor." In witty, warm pros