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Welcome to Biscuits and Jam from Southern Living.

I'm Sid Evans, editor-in-chief of Southern Living magazine.

And my guest today is an actress, author, and musician,

who many of you know from the hit television show, This Is Us.

Chrissy Metz has been widely celebrated for her role as Kate Pearson,

an aspiring singer who struggles with her confidence and dreams of a career in music.

In real life, Chrissy has had that dream since she was a little girl in Gainesville, Florida,

singing along to Whitney Houston Records. And now she's embarking on a successful music career of her own. Fresh off of a

tour of performances around the country, Mets is writing songs, spending time in Nashville, and charting

a course for life after the show. She's also been busy writing.

As a follow-up to her 2018 New York Times bestseller,

This Is Me, Loving the Person You Are Today,

she's coming out with a children's book called When I Talk to God,

I talk about you,

a story about the unconditional love between a parent and child.

Today on the show, Chrissy talks about her mother's baking, her grandmother's influence on her

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