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All the Women in My Brain
All the Women in My Brain: And Other Concerns | Betty Gilpin
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A lightning-strike dispatch of hilarious, intimate, luminous essays from the brain of Emmy Award-nominated actress and writer Betty Gilpin. "You must put down whatever is not thrilling you and immediately pick up this wildly original, laugh-out-loud, freakishly-incisive debut."Lisa Taddeo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Three Women and Animal Betty Gilpin writes like an avenging angel, weaving a tapestry of light and darkness, hilarity, and pathos. This is a firecracker of a book, and with it, Gilpin has taken up residence with the rest of the women in my brain.Dani Shapiro, New York Times bestselling author of Inheritance Oh. Hi. *takes six long gulps of water during which youre like, may I help you?* My name is Betty. I have depression. I have passion. I have tits the size of printers. And also: I have a brain full of women. Theres Blanche VonFuckery, Ingrid St. Rash, and a host of otherssome cowering in sweatpants, some howling plans for revolution, and one, oh God, and one . . . slowly vomiting up a crow? Worried for her. These women take turns at the wheel. Thats why I feel like a million selves. With a raised eyebrow and a soul-scalpel, Id like to tell you how I got this way. Because maybe you feel this way too. Lets hop from wild dissections of modern womanhood to boarding school musings to the glossy cringe of Hollywood. Lets laugh at my failures and then quietly hope with me for the dream. Whether that dream is love or liberation or enough IMDB credits to taze the demon snapping at my ankles, we wont know until the shit-fanning end. As a dear friend said after reading this book, its either a masterpiece, or its...completely... and then she glazed over into a haunted stare. Reader? This book is my opus and it is chaos. If youve ever felt like you were more, or at least weirder, than the world expectedwelcome to All the Women in My Brain.
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Andrea313
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I'm still making my way through Betty Gilpin's funny, dark, honest - yet frustrating - collection of essays, and while I don't know yet how I feel about the whole, I had to cackle at this line. There's always room at the table next to me if we're gonna be shading Hemingway! #CurrentlyReading #CurrentlyListening #audiobook

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Cinfhen
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#ALC #NetGalley #AvailableToday
While I was not familiar with Betty Gilpin the actress, I found Betty Gilpin the essayist very relatable. She eloquently and hysterically shares her worries, neurosies and insights on depression, anxiety and daily observations. This collection was incredibly thoughtful and articulate with the perfect balance of urgency and frivolity.

Cathythoughts Looks interesting 👍🏻 2y
AlaMich She was great in Nurse Jackie and GLOW, more recently. 2y
Cinfhen I‘ve heard Nurse Jackie was fantastic @AlaMich 2y
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Cinfhen If im being 💯 @Cathythoughts I‘d say #BorrowNotBuy 😅 2y
Megabooks Library got this, so I got on the list. 👍🏻😘 It sounds like a B not B to me too. 2y
Cinfhen I skipped a few essays @Megabooks because her content started to feel repetitive but I was very impressed with her ability to express herself 2y
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Christine
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Completely adored this collection of essays about Gilpin's upbringing with actor parents, her insecurities and challenges, fun theater and Hollywood insider stuff, and more. Her quirky use of language and style of humor were totally for me, though maybe not for everyone. This line from the book sums up its appeal:
“My favorite kind of art is when someone tries their dark, silly, weird ideas.“ Same, Betty! Her performance of the audio was perfect.

Christine Thanks #NetGalley for early access - out 9/6. 2y
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