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I have always loved Molly Shannon. When I was in college, around 2001-ish, my roommate dressed up as Sally O‘Malley for Halloween and I was Mary Katherine Gallagher. We loved that generation of SNL. So when I saw this book on a list of best SNL novels, I had to read it.

I found this very readable. The chapters are dedicated to deferent periods in Molly‘s life, and the chapters are broken up into smaller anecdotes. Cont in comments…

Wow- did not expect this book to be so… full. Not being a huge Molly Shannon fan (prob saw her a few times on SNL and in newer shows), I thought this would be lighter and more abt random comedy. Sure, there was some of that, but also so much stuff that happened in her life, from losing her mum in a tragic accident when she was a wean, growing up kinda buck wild, and getting into a pure intense career. Quite the ride, def recommend.

If you did not read this as audio, narrated by the author, you missed out. 🎧 Molly Shannon is a FORCE. 🔥 Everyone has a story, and I‘m so glad to know the parts Molly has chosen to share of hers. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Molly Shannon survives a tragedy in childhood to become a bad ass force of nature, enthusiastic lover of LIFE (in all caps with jazz hands) and probably your imaginary best friend. You cannot be objective about this book because now you love her. At some level you realize the writing isn‘t as great as her ability to perform, but you know it‘s good because you can‘t put it down. ❤️

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Glad I got around to this celebrity memoir! Molly‘s relatable and has an interesting story. There was a weird pattern of sentences repeating almost verbatim one in prior paragraphs, which was very noticeable in the #audiobook.

Molly‘s mother died in a horrific car accident when she was young, and the memoir jumps out from there showing how this early trauma affected her, especially her relationship with her dad. I loved the inside SNL bits too!

Molly‘s memoir was just as delightful as her iconic Mary Katherine Gallagher sketches. I chose to listen to the audio so I could enjoy the narration of the SUPASTAH herself! this is an excellent celebrity memoir, full of touching and funny personal stories about Molly‘s family, as well as entertaining and inspiring tales about the path that led her to SNL and beyond. 5 ⭐️s!!!

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book 11/22 for 22

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A major trauma at age four left Shannon in what felt (to me) like an impossible situation. She unpacks quite a lot of family stuff here and it‘s really incredible the relationship she maintained with her dad. Shannon was among many amazing female comics who absolutely saved a floundering SNL. Loved the interesting tidbits about the inception and evolution of her marquee character Mary Katherine Gallagher. Solid memoir!

I loved this audio. I cried so many times. Just a warning… it is quite a tearjerker. She tells a fantastic story of her struggles in childhood and making her way to SNL and beyond.