Throughout her life, Betty White was a beacon of good humor,
straight-talk, kindness, compassion and grit.
With a television career spanning more than 80 years (the longest on
record), she was one of America's most beloved entertainers, best known
for her award-winning roles on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden
Girls and Hot in Cleveland. She received eight Emmy Awards, three
American Comedy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Grammy
Award, and numerous Humanitarian Awards for her work with animals. She
was a Television Hall of Fame Inductee as well as a Disney Legend. In
2018, her career was celebrated in a PBS documentary called Betty
White: First Lady of Television and in 2019 she joined the cast of
Pixar's Toy Story 4. As she approached her 100th birthday in January
2022, Betty continued to break new ground as an entertainer and grow in
popularity.
Those achievements didn't come easy. In a career that spanned the whole
of television history, she's had to exhibit a special mix of tenacity
and kindness to overcome the obstacles in her path. This book helps
readers address their own real-life challenges by examining how Betty
would have done so with kindness, forthrightness and an abundance of
good humor.
With references to her television and film work, as well as her devotion
to animal welfare and other humanitarian causes, Everything I Need to
Know I Learned from Betty White provides answers to the questions we
all face with gentle wisdom and the occasional kick in the pants.
