In a searingly candid memoir which he authored himself,
Rick pulls back the curtain on his image as a bright, shiny,
happy performer to share the startling story of his rise and
fall and rise in music, film, and television and his lifelong
battle with depression.
In the 1980s, singer-songwriter and actor Rick Springfield seemed to have it all: a megahit single in "Jessie's Girl,"
sold-out concert tours, follow-up hits that sold more than 17 million albums and became the pop soundtrack for an entire generation, and 12 million daily viewers who avidly tuned in
to General Hospital to swoon over his portrayal of the
handsome Dr. Noah Drake. Yet lurking behind his success
as a pop star and soap opera heartthrob and his unstoppable drive was a moody, somber, and dark soul, one filled with depression and insecurity.
In Late, Late at Night, the memoir his millions of fans
have been waiting for, Rick takes readers inside the highs
and lows of his extraordinary life. By turns winningly funny
and heartbreakingly sad, every page resonates with Rick's
witty, wry, self-deprecating, brutally honest voice. On one
level, he reveals the inside story of his ride to the top of the entertainment world. On a second, deeper level, he recounts
with unsparing candor the forces that have driven his life, including his longtime battle with depression and thoughts
of suicide, the shattering death of his father, and his decision
to drop out at the absolute peak of fame. Having finally found
a more stable equilibrium, Rick's story is ultimately a positive one, deeply informed by his passion for creative expression through his music, a deep love of his wife of twenty-six years
and their two sons, and his life-long quest for spiritual peace.
