Bossypants

Tina Fey's 2011 memoir follows her from a nerdy girlhood near Philadelphia through improv at Second City in Chicago to Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock. Fey writes about her years on Weekend Update, playing Sarah Palin and creating Liz Lemon, and about juggling a demanding job with motherhood. Along the way she offers opinions on beauty standards, being the boss and her nearly fatal honeymoon, and makes the case that being called bossy is no insult.

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John Green: “The two books the Yeti and I read together this year and liked the most were Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon... and Bossypants, by Tina Fey.”
Tom Hanks: “If you haven't read Tina Fey's Bossypants, you will, and whatever you are drinking will come out of your nose due to laughter.”