An inspirational memoir from the star of NBC Television's This Is Us. When This Is Us debuted in fall 2016, a divided America embraced a show that celebrates human connection. The series became America's most watched network show. As Kate Pearson, Chrissy Metz presents a character that has never been seen on television, yet viewers see themselves in her, no matter what they look like or where they come from. Chrissy Metz shares her story with raw honesty. Infused with the same authenticity she brings to her starring role, Chrissy shares how she has applied the lessons she learned from both setbacks and successes. Chrissy Metz grew up in a large family, one that always seemed to be moving, and growing. Her father disappeared one day, leaving her mother to work a series of menial jobs and his children to learn to live with the threat of hunger and the electricity being cut off. When her mother remarried, Chrissy hoped for "normal" but instead experienced a form of mental pain that seemed crafted just for her. The boys who showed her attention did so with strings attached as well, and Chrissy accepted it, because for her, love always came with conditions. When she set out for Los Angeles, it was the first time she had been away from her family and from Florida. And for years, she got barely an audition. So how does a woman with the deck stacked against her radiate such love, beauty and joy? This too is at the heart of This is Me. Christine Metz is an American actress and a singer in her band Chrissy and The Vapors. In early 2018, it was announced that Metz would star in The Impossible Movie, cast as Joyce Smith, the mother of John, a 14-year-old boy who fell through an icy Missouri lake and was proclaimed dead.