The book recounts Minnelli's childhood as the daughter of
Judy Garland and
Vincente Minnelli and her career in Hollywood and as a musical performer. Minnelli describes her four marriages and her struggles with substance abuse. Minnelli recalls presenting the
Academy Award for Best Picture at the
94th Academy Awards with
Lady Gaga during which she was forced to be seated in a wheelchair instead of the planned
director's chair. Minnelli said this left her unable to read the autocue and wrote "How would you feel if you were wheeled out, against your will, to perform in front of a live audience, and unable to see clearly? ... When I stumbled over a few words, Gaga, who was at my side, didn’t miss a beat to play the kind-hearted hero for all the world to see". Minnelli subsequently became sober and wrote that "The bottom line is that we're not a lost cause ... We can get better. I'm living proof of that". ==Reception==