Genre: Humor/Memoir
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Tina Fey makes me laugh. She made me laugh on SNL, she made me laugh in 30 Rock, and she made me laugh in Bossypants. Her sarcasm hits my funny-bone every time, and I felt it as I turned the pages of this surprisingly warm memoir of a woman who has gotten high up on the career ladder by believing in herself. She was a "change of life" baby, and her family and friends gave her the strength to believe she could do whatever she wanted to do. It is all in the way you look at something, and Tina looks at the positive. When she was five she was attacked with a knife by a stranger and left with a scar on her face. Her family and those around her made a fuss over her - giving her the extra candy and attention - and somehow what could have made her feel self-conscious made her feel beautifully special. That is the way she continues to look at life...as special.
Through the humor in this book we also feel the inspiration. I loved her reaction to the pamphlet "Growing Up and Liking it." I remember my mother handing me the same pamphlet when I hit puberty. My best friend Harriet and I secreted ourselves away for two days reading it as if it was a porno magazine. Looking back, the advise was silly and the descriptions far from understandable, but as Ms. Fey explained, a girl knew she reached womanhood when her mom handed her that book.
I loved reading about her growing up, jobs in show business, dating and marriage. Her descriptions about the differences in men and women in show business are hilarious. She even managed to make her honeymoon interesting to the reader. It is not just one joke after another though. She lets us see her struggles to balance her family and work life...a struggle most women face daily. She doesn't let us in on major shocking Tina Fey secrets; instead she lets us know, with great humor, what her life is all about.
It may be me, but I think we all need a bit of Tina Fey humor in our lives.
- Beverly
Publisher - Reagan Arthur Books
Date of Publication - April 5, 2011
Through the humor in this book we also feel the inspiration. I loved her reaction to the pamphlet "Growing Up and Liking it." I remember my mother handing me the same pamphlet when I hit puberty. My best friend Harriet and I secreted ourselves away for two days reading it as if it was a porno magazine. Looking back, the advise was silly and the descriptions far from understandable, but as Ms. Fey explained, a girl knew she reached womanhood when her mom handed her that book.
I loved reading about her growing up, jobs in show business, dating and marriage. Her descriptions about the differences in men and women in show business are hilarious. She even managed to make her honeymoon interesting to the reader. It is not just one joke after another though. She lets us see her struggles to balance her family and work life...a struggle most women face daily. She doesn't let us in on major shocking Tina Fey secrets; instead she lets us know, with great humor, what her life is all about.
It may be me, but I think we all need a bit of Tina Fey humor in our lives.
- Beverly
Publisher - Reagan Arthur Books
Date of Publication - April 5, 2011
