Tell Me Everything

A Memoir

De: Minka Kelly

Narrado por: Minka Kelly

This program is read by the author.

"Kelly is so piercingly honest, you just want to reach out and give her a hug...It’s totally gripping: I couldn’t take my earbuds out." —Vulture

"Kelly reads the book with grace, even when she gets to the tough moments, and you’ll walk away afterward with your jaw on the floor." —Shondaland

“A timely, urgent portrait of working-class American women.”
—Gabrielle Union

Minka Kelly takes listeners behind the shiny silver-screen facade and reveals just how good an actress she really is.

Fans know her as the spoiled, rich cheerleader Lyla Garrity on Friday Night Lights or as the affluent, mysterious Samantha on the HBO megahit Euphoria. But as revealed for the first time in these pages, Minka Kelly’s life has been anything but easy.

Raised by a single mother who worked as a stripper and struggled with addiction, Minka spent years waking up in strange apartments as she and her mom bounced around the country, relying on friends and relatives to take them in. At times they even lived in storage units. She reconnected with her father, Aerosmith’s Rick Dufay, and eventually made her way to Los Angeles, where she landed the role of a lifetime on Friday Night Lights.

Now an established actress and philanthropist, Minka takes this next step in her career as a writer. She has poured her soul into this audiobook, which ultimately tells a story of triumph over adversity, and how resilience and love are all we have in the end.

A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & Company.

From trauma to grateful

Minka Kelly’s herstory is told with honesty and strength. I was raised by a teen mom and I related to a lot of her early years. Minka survived, overcame, and is still processing with her head held high as I still am at 67.

Loved it.

A great read, Highly recommend this book. I was captivated from the beginning. Read it.

So glad she had the courage!!!

Heartfelt, Amazing, encouraging, and life-giving. Thank you Minka for telling your honest story and drawing us together as women!

Best Memoir of the year

This is incredible work, Minka is such an insightful, intelligent, beautiful person and it shows in her story and writing. Her strength, self reflection and compassion shine through the whole story. Difficult but beautiful.

A story I didn’t know I needed to hear

Absolutely loved this book. I can relate to a lot of her experiences and feelings, young and older. I knew nothing about her before this but was drawn to the title and well, I’m so glad I picked it up. Thank you, Minka for showing me there is a space to heal.

Wow. Beautifully told

Having a complicated relationship with a parent is a heartbreak I wouldn’t wish on anybody. Minka shares her own story so beautifully and eloquently. I did not know much about her life or career before this book, but I’m happy to have heard her share some of the most intimate and vulnerable moments of her life. I am now a bigger fan of Minka’s.

Gorgeous

I was so touched by her story and so moved by her telling. As a trauma therapist, I love the way she balances the anger, pain, and compassion. I will be recommending it to clients and friends!

What a beautiful book

I don’t understand why more people have not read this book, it is wonderful. She tells her story, which of course includes the many complicated people in her life, honestly and compassionately – providing a lens for understanding your own life if you experience childhood trauma. And it’s for women. Our connection to the world is our mothers and she claims and reclaims her mother thereby reclaiming her sexuality and sensuality. It’s exactly right. I don’t know how this book came to me, but I hope you find it too.

Amazing story

Her story was so incredible and you couldn’t help but feel like you were part of it.

Incredibly relatable and healing to read

Thank you Minka Kelly for sharing your life in this beautiful and captivating memoir. I too grew up in a similar way (and my mother had the same profession) and I appreciate your perspective and eventual acceptance. I’ve been trying to write a book about my childhood and your story compels me to get back to it and finish it. Thank you! Flamingo!