This Will Only Hurt a Little

This Will Only Hurt a Little

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A hilarious, heartfelt, and refreshingly honest memoir by the beloved comedic actress known for her roles on Freaks and Geeks, Dawsonâ€™s Creek, and Cougar Town who has become â€œthe breakout star of Instagram stories...Imagine I Love Lucy mixed with a modern lifestyle guruâ€ (The New Yorker).

â€œYou guys!! Busy is a legit writer with a voice as clear as a bell. This book is honest, funny, intimate, and well-observed by a person who has observed some sh*t.â€ â€”Tina Fey

â€œJudy Blume meets Karl Ove Knausgaard meets one brave woman from Arizona. On the page, Philippsâ€™ toughness shines throughâ€”a rare and feminine ethical code; devoted and blunt. Itâ€™s a thrill to watch her stumble right up until the very moment she storms the f*cking gates.â€ â€”Miranda July

Thereâ€™s no stopping Busy Philipps. From the time she was two and â€œaced out in her nudesâ€ to explore the neighborhood (as her mom famously described her toddler jailbreak), Busy has always been headstrong, defiant, and determined not to miss out on all the fun. These qualities led her to leave Scottsdale, Arizona, at the age of nineteen to pursue her passion for acting in Hollywood. But much like her painful and painfully funny teenage years, chasing her dreams wasnâ€™t always easy and sometimes hurt more than a little.

In this stunningly candid memoir, Busy opens up about chafing against a sexist system rife with on-set bullying and body shaming, being there when friends face shattering loss, enduring devastating personal and professional betrayals from those she loved best, and struggling with postpartum anxiety and the challenges of motherhood.

But Busy also brings to the page her sly sense of humor and the unshakeable sense that disappointment shouldnâ€™t stand in her wayâ€”even when sheâ€™s knocked down both figuratively and literally (from a knee injury at her seventh-grade dance to a violent encounter on the set of Freaks and Geeks). The rough patches in her life are tempered by times of hilarity and joy: leveraging a flawless impression of Cher from Clueless into her first paid acting gig, helping reinvent a genre with cult classic Freaks and Geeks, becoming fast friends with Dawsonâ€™s Creek castmate Michelle Williams, staging her own surprise wedding, conquering natural childbirth with the help of a Mad Menâ€“themed hallucination, and more.

Busy is the rare entertainer whose impressive arsenal of talents as an actress is equally matched by her storytelling ability, sense of humor, and sharp observations about life, love, and motherhood. Her conversational writing reminds us what we love about her on screens large and small. From film to television to Instagram and now to the page, Busy delightfully showcases her wry humor and her willingness to bare it all.

â€œIâ€™ve been waiting my whole life to write this book. Iâ€™m just so grateful someone asked. Otherwise, what was the point of any of it??â€
Country USA
Brand Gallery Books
Manufacturer Gallery Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 1501184717SR9
ReleaseDate 2018-10-16
UnitCount 1
Format Big Book
EANs 9781501184710

Country	USA
Brand	Gallery Books
Manufacturer	Gallery Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	1501184717SR9
ReleaseDate	2018-10-16
UnitCount	1
Format	Big Book
EANs	9781501184710

This Will Only Hurt a Little

You might also like...