{"product_id":"my-squirrel-days-tales-from-the-star-of-unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt-and-the-office-paperback","title":"My Squirrel Days: Tales from the Star of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and the Office - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEllie Kemper\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eComedian and star of \u003ci\u003eThe Office\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt \u003c\/i\u003eand host of \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Baking Show\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eEllie Kemper delivers a hilarious, refreshing, and inspiring collection of essays \"teeming with energy and full of laugh-out-loud moments\" (Associated Press).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A pleasure. Ellie Kemper is the kind of stable, intelligent, funny, healthy woman that usually only exists in yogurt commercials. But she's real and she's all ours!\" --Tina Fey \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Ellie is a hilarious and talented writer, although we'll never know how much of this book the squirrel wrote.\"--Mindy Kaling \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeet Ellie, the best-intentioned redhead next door. You'll laugh right alongside her as she shares tales of her childhood in St. Louis, whether directing and also starring in her family holiday pageant, washing her dad's car with a Brillo pad, failing to become friends with a plump squirrel in her backyard, eating her feelings while watching PG-13 movies, or becoming a \"sports monster\" who ends up warming the bench of her Division 1 field hockey team in college. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou'll learn how she found her comedic calling in the world of improv, became a wife, mother and New Yorker, and landed the role of a bridesmaid (while simultaneously being a bridesmaid) in \u003ci\u003eBridesmaids. \u003c\/i\u003eYou'll get to know and love the comic, upbeat, perpetually polite actress playing Erin Hannon on \u003ci\u003eThe Office\u003c\/i\u003e, and the exuberant, pink-pants-wearing star of \u003ci\u003eUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you've ever been curious about what happens behind the scenes of your favorite shows, what it really takes to be a soul cycle \"warrior,\" how to recover if you accidentally fall on Doris Kearns Goodwin or tell Tina Fey on meeting her for the first time that she has \"great hair--really strong and thick,\" this is your chance to find out. But it's also a laugh-out-loud primer on how to keep a positive outlook in a world gone mad and how not to give up on your dreams. Ellie \"dives fully into each role--as actor, comedian, writer, and also wife and new mom--with an electric dedication, by which one learns to reframe the picture, and if not exactly \u003ci\u003ebecome\u003c\/i\u003e a glass-half-full sort of person, at least become able to appreciate them\" (Vogue.com).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEllie Kemper is the Emmy-nominated star of the Netflix original series, \u003ci\u003eUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the host of \u003ci\u003eT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ehe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGreat American Baking Show\u003c\/i\u003e, portrayed Erin Hannon on NBC's \u003ci\u003eThe Office\u003c\/i\u003e, costarred in \u003ci\u003eBridesmaids\u003c\/i\u003e, and has also appeared in \u003ci\u003e21 Jump Street\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSomewhere\u003c\/i\u003e. Ellie voiced Katie in \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Life of Pets\u003c\/i\u003e and is the voice of Crackle on Disney's \u003ci\u003eSofia the First.\u003c\/i\u003e Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Onion\u003c\/i\u003e. Ellie currently lives in Manhattan with her husband and son, but is constantly trying to find a way to get back to St. Louis, Missouri. \u003ci\u003eMy Squirrel Days\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 02, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48770663743736,"sku":"9781501163357","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/IlTQQDOsti9781501163357.webp?v=1780393747","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/my-squirrel-days-tales-from-the-star-of-unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt-and-the-office-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}