Yes Please

Amy Poehler

Oct 2014 · Sold by Harper Collins

About this ebook

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

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.

Ratings and reviews

It's nice to read how folks who made it big are still human (we love em for it). And because of all that crazy climbing to the top they gain a lot of knowledge. It's comforting, if not enjoyable, to get a little peek into their lives and get a complimentary slice of knowledge for it.

This book has far been my favorite read of the year. I've always been a huge fan of Amy Poehler but this book made me love her more. I never thought I'd learn so much about myself. Y reading someone else's memoir. Poehler doesn't hold back and is unapologetic about her earlier days. She writes that she hates writing, but wrote a definite page turner (the sections titles and photos alone are worth purchasing this book) I am sure glad she finished this book!

I read nearly the whole book, loved every story about her journey through life and comedy, then put it down awhile over the holidays. Then today I read the last 10 pages or so, mostly with the impression that she was so over it, she could hardly wait for the last word, which left me with the same feeling. So my advice, read this fun book to the end, so the great spirit and stories will get you past the bitter end.

About the author

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.