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BOSSYPANTS BY TINA FEY

From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on

Saturday Night Live; from her passionately halfhearted pursuit
of physical beauty to her life as a mother eating things off the
floor; from her one-sided college romance to her nearly fatal
honeymoon, comedian Tina Fey reveals all, and proves that
you're no one until someone calls you bossy.

Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea
by Chelsea Handler
When Handler needs to get a few things off
her chest, she appeals to a higher powe:
vodka. Welcome to Chelsea's world — a
place where absurdity reigns supreme & a
quick wit is the best line of defense.
The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Re-
demption, and Pee by Sarah Silverman
Comedian Silverman's memoir that mixes
showbiz moments with the more serious sub-
ject of her teenage bout with depression as
well as stories of her childhood and adoles-
cence.

My Booky Wook: A Memoir of Sex, Drugs,
and Stand-Up by Russell Brand
The English television personality reveals his
struggles to become a successful comedian,
discussing his troubled childhood, his addic-
tion to drugs, sex, and alcohol, his mental
illness, and his recovery aided by the support
of his family and friends.
Official Book Club Selection by Kathy
Griffin
Writing with her trademark wit, the feisty
comic settles a few old scores, celebrates the
friends and mentors who helped her claw her
way to the top, and shares insider gossip
about celebrity behavior--the good, the bad,
and the very ugly.

I Feel Bad About My Neck… by Nora
Ephron
With her completely accessible voice & dry
sense of humor, screenwriter Ephron discusses
everything from how much she hates her purse
to how much time she spends attempting to
stop the clock: the hair dye, the treadmill, the
lotions & creams that promise miracles...
“Live From New York”: An Uncensored
History of Saturday Night Live by Thom
Shales and James Andrew Miller
In their own words, dozens of personalities
recall the backstage stories about SNL, be-
hind-the-scenes gossip, feuds, foibles, drugs,
sex, struggles, and calamities, including per-
sonal details never before revealed.

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt
Kid: A Memoir by Bill Bryson
Using his fantasy-life persona as a spring-
board, Bryson re-creates the life of his family
in the 1950s in all its transcendent normality--
a life at once familiar to us all and as far away
and unreachable as another galaxy.
Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell
Sarah Vowell provides an examination of Ha-
waii's emblematic and exceptional history,
retracing the impact of New England mission-
aries who began arriving in the early 1800s to
remake the island paradise into a version of
New England.

Born Standing Up by Steve Martin You can find even more books like Bossypants by
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up comedy in a memoir that recalls a first job Headings:
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his craft, and the sacrifice, discipline, and  Television Actors and Actresses—United
originality it took to take him to the top. States—Biography
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