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Spirited and whip-smart, these laugh-out-loud autobiographical essays are "a masterpiece" from the Emmy Award-winning actress and comedy writer known for 30 Rock, Mean Girls, and SNL" (Sunday Telegraph).

Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin," Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she would be a comedian on TV.

She has seen both these dreams come true.

At last, Tina Fey's story can be told. From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live; from her passionately halfhearted pursuit of physical beauty to her life as a mother eating things off the floor; from her one-sided college romance to her nearly fatal honeymoon -- from the beginning of this paragraph to this final sentence.

Tina Fey reveals all, and proves what we've always suspected: you're no one until someone calls you bossy.

Includes Special, Never-Before-Solicited Opinions on Breastfeeding, Princesses, Photoshop, the Electoral Process, and Italian Rum Cake!

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April 5 2011

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16.19 x 2.86 x 24.13 cm

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Once in a generation a woman comes along who changes everything. Tina Fey is not that woman, but she met that woman once and acted weird around her.

PRAISE FOR TINA FEY:

"You'd be really pretty if you lost weight."―College Boyfriend, 1990

"Tina Fey is an ugly, pear-shaped, overrated troll."―The Internet

"Mommy, where are my pretzels?"―Tracy Morgan

ADVANCE PRAISE FOR BOSSYPANTS:

"I hope that's not really the cover. That's really going to hurt sales."―Don Fey, Father of Tina Fey

"Absolutely delicious!"―A Guy Who Eats Books

"Totally worth it."―Trees

"Do not print this glowing recommendation of Tina Fey's book until I've been dead a hundred years."―Mark Twain

"Hilarious and insightful. Laugh-out-loud funny -- oh no, a full moon. No! Arrgh! Get away from me! Save yourself!"―A Guy Turning into a Werewolf

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Tina Fey lives in Denver with her ferret, Jacoby.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Reagan Arthur Books; Illustrated edition (April 5 2011)

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 288 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0316056863

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0316056861

Item weight ‏ : ‎ 499 g

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16.19 x 2.86 x 24.13 cm

Best Sellers Rank: #170,544 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

#194 in Comedy (Books)

#568 in Humorous Essays (Books)

#1,721 in Actor Biographies

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Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (/feɪ/; born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. She is best known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (1998-2006) , acclaimed for her impression of former Alaska Governor and 2008 Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, and for creating acclaimed series 30 Rock (2006-2013) and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015-present). She is also well known for appearing in films such as Mean Girls (2004), Baby Mama (2008), Date Night (2010), Muppets Most Wanted (2014), and Sisters (2015).
Tina Fey broke into comedy as a featured player in the Chicago-based improvisational comedy group The Second City. She then joined SNL as a writer, later becoming head writer and a performer, known for her position as co-anchor in the Weekend Update segment. In 2004, she co-starred in and wrote the screenplay for Mean Girls, which was adapted from the 2002 self-help book Queen Bees and Wannabes. After leaving SNL in 2006, she created the television series 30 Rock for Broadway Video, a situation comedy loosely based on her experiences at SNL. In the series, Fey portrays the head writer of a fictional sketch comedy series. In 2008, she starred in the comedy film Baby Mama, alongside former SNL co-star Amy Poehler. Fey next appeared in the 2010 comedy film Date Night and the animated film Megamind. In 2015, she created and produced the television series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, originally for NBC and eventually for Netflix.
Fey has received eight Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, and four Writers Guild of America Awards and was nominated for a Grammy Award for her autobiographical book Bossypants, which topped The New York Times Best Seller list for five weeks. In 2008, the Associated Press gave Fey the AP Entertainer of the Year award for her satirical portrayal of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in a guest appearance on SNL. In 2010, Fey was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, becoming the youngest-ever recipient of the award. On January 13, 2013, Fey hosted the 70th Golden Globe Awards with her long-time friend and fellow comedian, Amy Poehler, to critical acclaim. The duo hosted again the following two years, generating the highest ratings for the annual ceremony in a decade and receiving similar acclaim.
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Kate
So funny!
Reviewed in Canada on August 18, 2018
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So funny, I love Tina Fey! I purchased the kindle version of this because it was on sale and was on my list of books to read, but have to admit I ended up grabbing the audio book and am so happy I did! It was so much better hearing her tell her story, it was funny, sad, enlightening and empowering. I think she's great and haven't heard anyone who has read or listened to this who didn't all really enjoy it!
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Tiny Fey is the self deprecating Bossypants
Reviewed in Canada on March 30, 2016
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Tiny Fey the self deprecating Bossypants in the book of the same name, has managed to write an autobiography that reads more like a comedic movie script than a novel about her life The book is slightly dated now as her show 30 Rock is no more. Several of the people she mentions have died and many of the married couples have "uncoupled". But none the less, I still enjoyed her enormous sense of humour and what appears to be her advice on women executives (The Bossypants) and working women with children trying to have it all as well as being famous without acting like a famous star. I think it means not being a b--ch. Even is her advice is useless to your own life, you will laugh at the way she gives it.
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Joanna
Fast-paced, laugh-out-loud!!
Reviewed in Canada on April 11, 2014
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Love that this memoir is broken up into sections, so that you don't have to read them in order.

One of the stories I loved was when Tina Fey talked about how she was being nominated for some kind of Parenting Award by people who knew nothing about her parenting. She may or may not have felt particularly secure about her parenting skills at the time, which led her to make the decision she made (no spoilers here :).

Also, love the fact that Tina Fey never learned to drive:)! Makes her human:)!!!

Read the book, there is NOT A SINGLE REDUNDANT WORD in it!
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Mel O.
Sorry I bought it
Reviewed in Canada on September 22, 2021
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I enjoyed the book and it was funny. But the more I read the less I liked Tina Fey. I guess you have to be tough to succeed in the "business". She seems to have a lot of biases and prejudices - anything for a laugh - she punches down a lot as well as punching up. I can't watch 30 Rock repeats now which I enjoyed in its first run - it seems really mean now.
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Kismet
stop what you are doing and read Bossypants
Reviewed in Canada on July 7, 2015
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I unreservedly recommend this book to anyone, it's hilarious. You will end up reading this right through to the end, and you'll be reluctant to race ahead, since it means you will only have so much left. It shows Tina Fey can do anything, she's one of those people who is great at everything

Its one of my favorite books of all time, I will re-read it
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Andrea H
Excellent book
Reviewed in Canada on March 21, 2020
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Funny and a great read. Worth a buy as an adult and also bought it for my daughter to read one day. Really great lessons in what is like to come of age as a woman and the highs and lows
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Just buy the damn book!
Reviewed in Canada on February 10, 2014
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There is no question that this is THE book to buy if you're a fan of Tina Fey. Going through her days in Second City with Amy Poehler, to Saturday Night Live, to 30 Rock, as well as her experiences as a mother and wife and all the life in between. Tina is honest, funny, and oddly insightful in experiences we all share, even if we aren't all crazy-successful and hosting the Emmys. ;)
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Bob Seguin
A great little book...
Reviewed in Canada on June 10, 2012
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This book is very Tina Fey. Her references to herself and her life are wonderfully amusing to be sure, but also manage to keep the reader at arm's length. As she suggests in the book, she wants to make the jokes about herself before anyone else can. She succeeds, of course: no one could top any of them.

We learn about her childhood, her family--especially her father--and her career choices. We learn about her eventual association with Second City in Chicago and how that led to Saturday Night Live, and ultimately, 30 Rock.

She talks only obliquely about her husband, Jeff Richmond. Not that I wanted (or ever want) any intimate details, but I expected her to perhaps describe their first meeting at Second City Chicago, or when and how they decided to marry. I expected her to mention his contribution to 30 Rock as producer and most certainly as composer. He is, to be sure, an incredibly talented musician. You'll find none of this. It's as if she and Jeff made a deal in which she agreed not to talk about him very much. There's certainly an entire chapter--or two--gone missing. We basically learn of him that he hates to fly, does all the driving in their family, and as near as I can tell, accompanied her on her honeymoon.

In short, Bossypants is not so much autobiographical as it is anecdotal. If you were expecting to get to know Tina Fey better, you won't. The impression you had of her when you first bought the book, will be basically the same one you have when you finally close it.

It is, nevertheless, a great little book.
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Janie U
Wanted to learn more about the author but was disappointed
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 23, 2021
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There is no doubt that Tina Fey is a very funny comedian so when I saw this book I bought it hoping that she is also a funny writer of autobiographies.
It's 275 pages and nearly 30 chapters so clear that this short book has been presented in a way that is easy to read which it is.
Tina Fey raises some dark issues in the narrative then uses the format of the short chapters to deal with them in a light and humorous way without ever really exploring anything in depth. This makes the book entertaining on a superficial way but no much more than that.
It seemed that the book was written to entertain rather than to inform. The lists, photo, script extracts, etc were good but such a short book didn't really need them - I wanted more narrative.
I was mildly entertained by reading this but got to the end without feeling as though I knew anything more about Tina Fey
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Georgiana89
Amusing read with some surprisingly profound bits mixed in
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 28, 2015
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Probably rather unusually for a reader of this book, I'e had very little exposure to Tina Fey beyond the ubiquitous Sarah Palin sketches that did the rounds a few years ago. I picked it up because I'd seen a few quotations from it that I found both clever and amusing - if you're debating whether this is for you, I'd suggest you take a look at some of them on Goodreads and see if they work for you.

"“Politics and prostitution have to be the only jobs where inexperience is considered a virtue. In what other profession would you brag about not knowing stuff? “I’m not one of those fancy Harvard heart surgeons. I’m just an unlicensed plumber with a dream and I’d like to cut your chest open.”"

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“So, my unsolicited advice to women in the workplace is this. When faced with sexism, or ageism, or lookism, or even really aggressive Buddhism, ask yourself the following question: “Is this person in between me and what I want to do?” If the answer is no, ignore it and move on. Your energy is better used doing your work and outpacing people that way. Then, when you’re in charge, don’t hire the people who were jerky to you.”

The book is a mixture of autobiography and musings on life, particularly around comedy/acting and being a woman. It's all delivered with a healthy dose of humour, but parts of it end up being quite moving and profound too. I wouldn't say it either had me rolling around on the floor shaking with laughter or re-examining my life, but it's good fun and worth a read whether you're an existing fan or not.
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Heather @ Random Redheaded Ramblings
The creator of cheesy blasters has created a wonderful book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 15, 2015
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Ok, so Tina Fey rocks, let's just get that out there right now, she is one of my total idols, in fact me and Liz Lemon could be socially awkward twins.

I first read this a couple of years back, I had seen Tina in Mean Girls and had started binge watching 30 Rock. I love it, it is smart and funny and nerdy all at the same time.

All of the cast of 30 Rock are great but Liz Lemon, she has all the best lines! Who can forget Meat Cat and Cheesy Blasters?

Anyway I saw this book and wanted to learn more about the enigma that is Tina Fey, she is genuinely funny and I hoped that any book of hers would be the same.

Thankfully it is, it is hilarious, sweet and honest. Charting Tina's life from awkward teen to screen queen via motherhood, it is a great read.

Full of snort-worthy passages - my favourite would have to be the Mother's prayer - choose to read this alone if you are a sprayer when you laugh!
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Quite funny
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 4, 2016
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Memoirs are not really my thing. I dip in and out of them sporadically rather than being an avid reader. However, every once in a while I find an autobiography that really impresses me; Tin Fey’s Bossypants really impressed me.

With her inimitable sass, Fey walks you through key moments in her life flashing you a sardonic smile along the way. What is really great is that Fey peels back the layers of “celebrity” and lets you see the person behind it. She doesn’t do this with sad stories, tragic past and constant failures but by showing just how damn hard she worked to get to the level of success she is privy to.

It would be cheesy to say that her story is inspirational because to be honest we all want the lazy way to success – for it to just fall into our hands – but it is uplifting to see someone who seems so together saying that she is just human.

It is probably due to this level-headedness that makes Fey so likeable.

With her book Bossypants Fey adds another quiver to her bow of talent.

Bossypants by Tina Fey is available now.

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Really (30) Rocks!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 20, 2017
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A really interesting book by Tina Fey, giving details about her growing up and her experiences as she worked on various shows. I was interested to read background details of 30 Rock and Saturday Night Live, which are given in good detail and very much in an 'I was there' form, giving details I was really interested to find out (and some I felt could have been left out!). Written in an enthusiastic way, the book is a good read and gives interesting insights into the motivation behind the shows seen on TV.
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