Tina Fey has become an icon of comedy in recent years. From her Sarah Palin impression on Saturday Night Live to the hilarious, often neurotic Liz Lemon on 30 Rock, Fey has created quite a name and empire for herself. Although I’m not a serious follow of Fey’s work, I did enjoy the few episodes of 30 Rock and SNL that I saw and figured that I would give her book Bossypants a try. I’m so happy that I did!
Bossypants is sort of an autobiography/memoir of Fey’s life with each chapter designated to the “big” events or lessons learned throughout her life. She shares some embarrassing moments including her first period and the angst that so many teenage girls experience, but all with hilarious stories that made me laugh and cringe at the same time. The book covers Tina Fey’s life to present time and her interesting insight to life makes it easy to see how she became such a success.
I am quite sure that everyone can relate to at least one chapter of this book which is another reason why it’s such a great read. From first loves, new jobs, new cities and weight issues to honeymoons, in-laws and new babies, I just throughly enjoyed every single story that Fey told and found myself excited to keep reading! Although I don’t have any children, I think my favorite chapter in the book was “The Mother’s Prayer for Its Daughter.” In this chapter, Fey writes a poem of hopes, dreams and cautions for her children using all of her own life experiences. It’s actually quite touching with a sprinkle of humor.
In closing, I absolutely loved this book! It’s not often that I find books that make me laugh out loud but Fey’s writing did just that from page one to the very end. It also reminded me that whether we’re rich and famous, or just “regular” people, we all go through the same life events and the most important thing is how we react to them.
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Bossypants
Heather Reads 