How to Save a Life

The Inside Story of Grey’s Anatomy

By: Lynette Rice

Narrated by: Kate Mulligan

The first inside story of one of TV’s most popular and beloved dramas, Grey’s Anatomy.

More than 15 years after its premiere, Grey’s Anatomy remains one of the most beloved dramas on television and ABC’s most important property. It typically wins its time slot and has ranked in the top 20 most watched shows in primetime for most of its 17-season run. It currently averages more than nine million viewers each week.

Beyond that, it’s been a cultural touchstone. It introduced the unique voice and vision of Shonda Rhimes; it made Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, and T. R. Knight household names; and injected words and phrases into the cultural lexicon, such as “McDreamy", “seriously", and “you’re my person". And the behind-the-scenes drama has always been just as juicy as what was happening in front of the camera, from the controversial departure of Isaiah Washington to Katherine Heigl’s fall from grace and Patrick Dempsey’s shocking death episode. The show continued to hemorrhage key players, but the beloved hospital series never skipped a beat.

Lynette Rice's How to Save a Life takes a totally unauthorized deep dive into the show’s humble start, while offering exclusive intel on the behind-the-scenes culture, the most heartbreaking departures, and the more polarizing plotlines. This exhaustively enthusiastic audiobook is one that no Grey’s Anatomy fan should be without.

©2021 Lynette Rice (P)2021 Blackstone Publishing

Interesting for Fans

Love Grey's, so something to do while I can't watch. Nothing crazy new but well compiled and entertaining.

Loved it!

Super fan girl loves hearing the behind the scenes stories. Less drama than I would have thought.

Super Fan!!

Loved hearing all the behind the story “stories”!!! Also loved hearing about how some of the music became part of the series!

Best For Die Hard Fans

The title may sound obvious for a book like this but I've read a good number of behind the scenes histories and more than others I've read this one really felt like it would be tough to enjoy unless you truly love the show. It's a well written book but there doesn't feel like there's much here that couldn't be read elsewhere, which makes some sense as the writer wrote a number of articles about the show for EW. The book also suffers from the odd fact that Grey's is still on the air and from the attempt at keeping the book on the short/breezy side while still being about one of the longest running hits of the last 20 years. In summary it's a well written book that probably would have been better if it had waited until the show had aired a finale and if more people would have been willing to speak more candidly about the writer's room.

A great book

This was a great book for any fan of the show, even if you have missed a few seasons or are a diehard fan it’s a fun listen.