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  • Bossypants

  • By: Tina Fey
  • Narrated by: Tina Fey
  • Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (60,568 ratings)

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Bossypants

By: Tina Fey
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Publisher's summary

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!

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.
©2011 Tina Fey (P)2011 Hachette Audio

Editor's Pick: Best of the Decade

Tina Fey wears the pants
"I still remember the first time I listened to Bossypants in 2011. I was a recent college grad and my tastes were embarrassingly snobby, but I liked Tina Fey and thought it would just be soooo subversive to listen to a best seller. Imagine my shock when Bossypants showed me how much pure, uncomplicated joy I could get from a book. I never looked back. Before Tina Fey we had Carol Burnett, Lucille Ball, and Joan Rivers, but Bossypants came at just the right moment when the floodgates were opening for women in comedy. Its best seller status made Tina Fey a household name and paved the way for excellent (hilarious) memoirs that would follow by Mindy Kaling, Amy Poehler, Tiffany Haddish, Ali Wong, and so many more. Bossypants launched a cultural phenomenon. What I love best about Tina Fey’s book is her voice, both figuratively and literally. It's a joy to spend five and a half straight hours in her brain, hearing her perspective on comedy, career, and crushes gone awry. The audiobook's use of clips from Saturday Night Live was also revolutionary and elevated this memoir to a whole new level. No matter which comedy memoir I end up falling in love with next, Bossypants will always hold a special place in my heart as the first—and the decade’s best."—Rachel S., Audible Editor

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Read if you are woman who is 38 +

This is not the best Tina Fey ever but it is good. I read Amy Poehler's yes please book first. Maybe I should have started with Tina first. She was more opinionated than I expected. It was pleasantly surprising.

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Just what I hoped for

I absolutely love Liz Lemon and hoped I'd find more of her in Bossypants. What I found instead was someone even more interesting, and yet eerily similar, the not-sweet Tina Fey. Get this book and sit back to enjoy her voice(s) for just the right amount of time. She left me wanting more.

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Loved it!

Great stories that made me laugh out loud. My only complaint is I wish it was longer.

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Like a one way conversation with an old friend

Tina Fey's narration is so relaxed and informal at times one feels that they are listening to a rambling voice mail from an old friend. Great book and great audio book. Straight male readers may find a few chapters a struggle to get through, you'll know them when you get to them. But the rest of the book's appeal is universal to any Tina Fey fan.

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Fun!

Would you listen to Bossypants again? Why?

I probably won't listen to it again but I liked it.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Bossypants?

Tina Fey's dad meeting Lorne Michaels.

Have you listened to any of Tina Fey’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I haven't listened to her on an audio book before. It made me more interested in her other work.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, it wasn't a cliffhander just entertaining.

Any additional comments?

I made me laugh out loud many times.

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Nice book

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Maybe. But not spetially. Only if would be asked directly about this book.

If you’ve listened to books by Tina Fey before, how does this one compare?

No, i did not

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, i did it in one sitting. It is a short story.

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Tina Feybulous

No one else could have read it! Great book - great delivery. I wanted more.

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She is a hoot!

I enjoyed listening to this book. It was entertaining, informative and semi-insightful. I did, however, think her choice of using some of the more vulgar words was a poor one as they added nothing to the book, yet detracted in many ways. When women use words as she did, it demeans all of us.

Tina Fey can certainly tell a story. I can honestly say that I like her much better now, as an actress/comedian now that I have listened to her book.

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Sure kept me entertained

loved it. was funny.. witty and at some points very honest. enjoyed it. kept me entertained on my drives to work.

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Truly Funny

She is so funny and articulate. I highly recommend this book. The last part about women and motherhood were a little too much (I'm a man) but overall one of the funniest books I've ever listened to. Thank you Tina for making my long commute less of a hassle for two days.

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