Yes Please
Autor Amy Poehleren Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 oct 2018
#1 Globe and Mail Bestseller
A Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year
A smart, pointed and ultimately inspirational read from one of our most beloved funny folk
In a perfect world . . .
We’d get to hang out with Amy Poehler, watching dumb movies, listening to music and swapping tales about our coworkers and difficult childhoods. Unfortunately, between her Golden Globe–winning role onParks and Recreation, work as a producer and director, place as one ofSaturday Night Live’s most beloved alumni, cofounder of the Upright Citizens Brigade, involvement with the websiteSmart Girls at the Party, frequent turns as acting double for Meryl Streep, and her other gig as the mom of two young sons, she’s not available for movie night. Luckily, we have the next best thing: Yes Please, Amy Poehler’s hilarious and candid book.
A collection of stories, thoughts, ideas, lists and haiku, Yes Please took the world by storm, going straight to #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and dominating lists on both sides of the border for over 17 weeks—including multiple weeks at #1 on the Globe and Mail bestseller list. Widely acclaimed as one of the best books of the year, Yes Please cemented Amy Poehler’s place in our hearts as one of our most beloved entertainers, and in our minds as a sharp, insightful and provocative writer. Oh, and did we mention hilarious? Truly hilarious.
Yes Pleasewill make you think as much as it will make you laugh, and this pocket-sized edition is perfect for all the Poehler you need anywhere, anytime. Honest, personal, real and righteous,Yes Pleaseis full of words to live by.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781443457385
ISBN-10: 1443457388
Pagini: 432
Dimensiuni: 106 x 168 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN-10: 1443457388
Pagini: 432
Dimensiuni: 106 x 168 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția HarperCollins Publishers
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Do you want to get to know the woman we first came to love on Comedy Central's Upright Citizens Brigade? Do you want to spend some time with the lady who made you howl with laughter on Saturday Night Live, and in movies like Baby Mama, Blades of Glory, and They Came Together? Do you find yourself daydreaming about hanging out with the actor behind the brilliant Leslie Knope on Parks and Recreation? Did you wish you were in the audience at the last two Golden Globes ceremonies, so you could bask in the hilarity of Amy's one-liners?
If your answer to these questions is "Yes Please!" then you are in luck. In her first book, one of our most beloved funny folk delivers a smart, pointed, and ultimately inspirational read. Full of the comedic skill that makes us all love Amy, Yes Please is a rich and varied collection of stories, lists, poetry (Plastic Surgery Haiku, to be specific), photographs, mantras and advice. With chapters like "Treat Your Career Like a Bad Boyfriend," "Plain Girl Versus the Demon" and "The Robots Will Kill Us All" Yes Please will make you think as much as it will make you laugh. Honest, personal, real, and righteous, Yes Please is full of words to live by.
If your answer to these questions is "Yes Please!" then you are in luck. In her first book, one of our most beloved funny folk delivers a smart, pointed, and ultimately inspirational read. Full of the comedic skill that makes us all love Amy, Yes Please is a rich and varied collection of stories, lists, poetry (Plastic Surgery Haiku, to be specific), photographs, mantras and advice. With chapters like "Treat Your Career Like a Bad Boyfriend," "Plain Girl Versus the Demon" and "The Robots Will Kill Us All" Yes Please will make you think as much as it will make you laugh. Honest, personal, real, and righteous, Yes Please is full of words to live by.
Recenzii
“Yes Please is a great story…because it is self-damning and hopeful at the same time.” — Los Angeles Times
“Pure charm” — People
“Poehler is very funny, so the jokes are very good…Poehler is very wise, so her advice is on point.” — Slate
“Delightful...Poehler is frank and funny throughout [Yes Please], as is her nature, but her writing unearths a wise narrator who’s seen some of the worst of life and come out the other side unscathed…Can we get more from Amy Poehler? Yes, seriously, please.” — Newsweek
“Demonstrates the skill of this excellent comic actress, a funny woman who roots hilarity in specifics.” — Washington Post
“Required reading for all young women.” — Huffington Post
“[Yes Please] is honest words of wisdom within a joyous story structure.” — Philadelphia Inquirer
“Yes Please veers between reminiscing and philosophizing. Poehler had developed some principles over the years and shares them in usually funny fashion.” — Chicago Sun-Times
“Yes Please isn’t a scan of the comedic brain so much as it is something far better---the full exposure of Poehler’s funny and very magnanimous heart. — Elle
“Yes Please delivers what it should: life lessons and vicarious thrills…the book is largely a portrait of confidence. Reading it, some of it rubs off on us.” — New Yorker
“Pure charm” — People
“Poehler is very funny, so the jokes are very good…Poehler is very wise, so her advice is on point.” — Slate
“Delightful...Poehler is frank and funny throughout [Yes Please], as is her nature, but her writing unearths a wise narrator who’s seen some of the worst of life and come out the other side unscathed…Can we get more from Amy Poehler? Yes, seriously, please.” — Newsweek
“Demonstrates the skill of this excellent comic actress, a funny woman who roots hilarity in specifics.” — Washington Post
“Required reading for all young women.” — Huffington Post
“[Yes Please] is honest words of wisdom within a joyous story structure.” — Philadelphia Inquirer
“Yes Please veers between reminiscing and philosophizing. Poehler had developed some principles over the years and shares them in usually funny fashion.” — Chicago Sun-Times
“Yes Please isn’t a scan of the comedic brain so much as it is something far better---the full exposure of Poehler’s funny and very magnanimous heart. — Elle
“Yes Please delivers what it should: life lessons and vicarious thrills…the book is largely a portrait of confidence. Reading it, some of it rubs off on us.” — New Yorker
Notă biografică
Amy Poehler is a writer, actress, producer, and director who is known for her years on Saturday Night Live, her starring role as Leslie Knope on the beloved series Parks and Recreation, as the voice of Joy in Pixar's Inside Out, and for being third runner-up for Most Casual in her high-school yearbook. She lives in New York City and Los Angeles with her two boys. She hopes this book will get her invited for lunch on a fancy yacht with her hero Judge Judy. She is dressed and ready.