Format:
Book
Author:
Kemper, Ellie, 1980- author.
Title:
My squirrel days / Ellie Kemper.
Edition:
First Scribner hardcover edition
Publisher, Date:
New York : Scribner, 2018.
©2018
Description:
viii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary:
There comes a time in every sitcom actress’s life when she is faced with the prospect of writing a book. When Ellie Kemper’s number was up, she was ready. Contagiously cheerful, predictably wholesome, and mostly inspiring except for one essay about her husband’s feet, My Squirrel Days is a funny, free-wheeling tour of Ellie’s life—from growing up in suburban St. Louis with a vivid imagination and a crush on David Letterman to moving to Los Angeles and accidentally falling on Doris Kearns Goodwin. But those are not the only famous names dropped in this synopsis. Ellie will also share stories of inadvertently insulting Ricky Gervais at the Emmy Awards, telling Tina Fey that she has “great hair—really strong and thick,” and offering a maxi pad to Steve Carell. She will take you back to her childhood as a nature lover determined to commune with squirrels, to her college career as a benchwarming field hockey player with no assigned position, and to her young professional days writing radio commercials for McDonald’s but never getting paid. Ellie will guide you along her journey through adulthood, from unorganized bride to impatient wife to anxious mother who—as recently observed by a sassy hairstylist—“dresses like a mom.” Well, sassy hairstylist, Ellie Kemper is a mom. And she has been dressing like it since she was four. Ellie has written for GQ, Esquire, The New York Times, McSweeney’s, and The Onion. Her voice is the perfect antidote to the chaos of modern life. In short, she will tell you nothing you need to know about making it in show business, and everything you need to know about discreetly changing a diaper at a Cibo Express.
Subjects:
Kemper, Ellie, 1980-
Actors -- United States -- Biography.
Comedians -- United States -- Biography.
Contents:
Author -- Hero -- Gossip -- Squirrel -- Redhead -- Boss -- Jock -- Businesswoman -- Daughter -- Improviser -- Hysteric -- Actress -- Hulk -- Bride -- Receptionist -- Guest -- American -- Bridesmaid -- Slob -- Diva -- Mom -- Warrior -- Starlet -- Burnout -- Kimmy.
LCCN:
2018038665
ISBN:
9781501163340
1501163345
9781501163357
1501163353
* 9781501163364
* 1501163361
Other Number:
1022718497
System Availability:
1
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
1
Control Number:
108930
Call Number:
BIO KEM
Course Reserves:
0
# Local items in:
1
# System items in:
1