Happy Accidents - Couverture rigide

Lynch, Jane

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1401341764 ISBN 13 : 9781401341763

Editeur : Hachette Books, 2011

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Jane Lynch has had incredible success this year, both personally and professionally. She won an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and a People's Choice Award for her smart and hilarious portrayal of Sue Sylvester on Glee, and, in May 2010, married for the first time. But, as readers will learn, she's hardly an overnight success--in fact, it wasn't until her late 40s that she became a star. Finding love and accepting love was never easy, either. How did she get here? In this book, she'll tell all. Part comic memoir, like Steve Martin's Born Standing Up, and part inspirational narrative, like The Happiness Project, this is a book equally for the rabid Glee fan and anyone that needs a new perspective on life, love, and success.

Lynch will share the story of her childhood and teen years--how she was consumed with anxiety from an early age, feeling out of place in both her body and her family. She first heard the word gay when she was 12, and thought it was a disease. Until she was 31, drinking dulled the pain, at least to a certain extent. She became, in her words, a real-life Sue Sylvester, feeling terrible about herself and pushing people away. Then, at 31, she got sober, and her career began to take off, from Second City to a part in the movie The Fugitive. Then, a Frosted Flakes commercial led to a role in the Christopher Guest movie Best in Show, which helped her get cast in The 40-Year Old Virgin, and she became an essential part of both Guest's and Judd Apatow's cutting-edge comedy teams. Since then, she's not only worked with amazing comics like Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, but has also appeared with Meryl Streep in 2009 Julia and Julia. And, she finally found the courage to embrace her sexuality. Then, of course, along came Glee, which changed her life in a completely new way and made her a mega-star.

Today, with her first genuine, long-term relationship and her first ever long-term acting gig, she has finally found the contentment she thought she'd never have. And it all came from the knowledge, which she'll share with readers, that if you can just get out of your own way, you, too, can find true happiness.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Jane Lynch grew up on the south side of Chicago. She currently lives in Los Angeles, CA, with her wife, Dr. Lara Embry.
Lisa Dickey, a long-time friend of the author, is the co-writer of New York Times bestsellers by Patrick Swayze, Euna Lee, and Cathie Black. She also lives in Los Angeles.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Hachette Books
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1401341764
• ISBN 13: 9781401341763
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320