Yes Please
Amy Poehler
HarperCollins Publishers
<p><i>Part memoir, part 'missive-from-the-middle',&nbsp;<b>Yes Please</b>&nbsp;is a hilarious collection of stories, thoughts, ideas, haikus and words-to-live-by drawn from the life and mind of acclaimed actress, writer and comedian&nbsp;<b>Amy Poehler</b>.</i><br></p><p><b>Yes Please</b>&nbsp;finds Amy riffing on everything from sex and love to motherhood, family, friendship and plastic surgery, and is full of great jokes and sage advice (the useful kind, not the annoying kind you didn't ask for).<br></p><p>"<i>An undigested melange of bits (a satirical chapter posing as a pregnant couple’s fussy list of demands for their obstetric team and so on), beefs, advice and memoir... To buy them, and even to read them, is less a quest for a literary experience than it is a form of endorsement and affirmation... These are books in the same way that concert T-shirts are clothing: less an end in themselves than a membership card. In essence, they’re merch.&nbsp; This is not to say such books have no value; just owning them makes fans feel closer to the celebrities who write them. The theatre of celebrity persona-making is, in its own way, a kind of hypermediated art. But come to a book like Yes Please with the desires and expectations of a reader, and you’re almost certain to walk away disappointed.</i>"&nbsp; -&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Laura Miller, The Guardian</b></p><p><b>Amy Poehler</b>&nbsp;<i>is a Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning actress. Seven seasons on&nbsp;Saturday Night Live, the lead role in the hit show&nbsp;Parks and Recreation, and star turns in films&nbsp;Blades of Glory,&nbsp;Baby Mama&nbsp;and&nbsp;Sisters&nbsp;have made her one of the world's most beloved entertainers. She lives in New York and Los Angeles with her two sons.</i></p>