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Tell Me Everything
Tell Me Everything: A Memoir | Minka Kelly
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A timely, urgent portrait of working-class American women. Gabrielle Union Minka Kelly takes readers 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 Kellys 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, Aerosmiths 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 the pages of this book, which ultimately tells a story of triumph over adversity, and how resilience and love are all we have in the end.
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MyNamesParadise
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5 stars! This memoir was so good & very well written! I only read an article in People magazine months ago that recommended it & I‘m so glad I picked it up! Minka truly had a horrible upbringing with her Mom who worked as a stripper & them never having a roof over their heads that was theirs. It took hard work & determination & a few lucky breaks but Minka was able to break the cycle and find success. I highly recommend this one!

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MeganLindell
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Britdarko
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This book was a really good memoir. It was vulnerable and interesting and helpful if you‘re going through anything to know you‘re not alone.

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ICantImReading
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If you liked “Crying in H Mart” and “I‘m Glad My Mom Died”, I think you‘ll also love Minka Kelly‘s gorgeous and unexpected memoir detailing her complicated relationship with her mom. Full of pain and love, her story is brimming with compassion and complexity. Her narration was gripping and hearing her emotion brought me to tears a couple of times. Stunning in every way!🦩🎧

Christine I loved this one, too (and aww, perfect emoji choice 🦩)! 1y
ICantImReading @Christine thank you! 🥺 my friend and I listened to it together on a long car ride over the weekend, so I will have extra special memories attached to it, but I know it would have stuck with me regardless! 1y
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IamIamIam
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I know Minka Kelly from her stint as Dove on the show Titans but I have the utmost respect for her, no matter she she finds herself! Growing up with a stripper mom, being bounced around from house to house, being financially insecure and witnessing domestic abuse to becoming a nurse and subsequently an actress! What a roller coaster of a life and she's come out on the other side!!!

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MallenNC
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If you think Minka Kelly grew up privileged like her Friday Night Lights‘ character Lyla, this book will change your mind. She writes about a challenging childhood with her single mom who often left her with friends. She grew up tough, moved a lot, and had to fight and take care of herself from a young age. There‘s not much about her Hollywood work b/c it‘s more about how she came to terms with her mom. I have a lot of respect for her honesty.

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BirdLaVie
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Minka's story is layered and surprising; but mostly because of what we assume of other people. This heartbreaking and authentic memoir is an offering of grace. An articulate, searingly empathic, intelligent demonstration of the work we can do to take the hand of our inner-children and guide them lovingly to a calmer, more centered way of being. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🎧 highly recommend on audio.

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Christine
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Wowsers. Intense memoir that‘s mostly about Kelly‘s traumatic childhood/younger years. Her reality certainly differs greatly from the assumptions I‘d made about her! She seems very sincere and was super open and analytical about her issues and how they relate to her upbringing, even as it‘s clear she‘s still processing and working through things (with lots of personal and professional support). Her audio narration was lovely and emotional.