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A book by Amy Poehler? Yes please, indeed! I’m a long-time fan of Amy
Poehler, my love cemented by Parks and Recreation. In her new memoir,
Poehler pairs essays about her life and career with hilarious sketches
and tidbits. This may seem staid, but it’s Amy Poehler, so it’s funny,
smart, and infused with her irrepressible spirit, making it surprising
and unique. It made me love Poehler even more—something I didn’t think
was possible.

— Flannery

This is one of the best memoirs I’ve ever read. Beyond being funny and visually amazing, it is genuinely inspiring. I honestly felt like a more confident, beautiful person after reading it. - Flan Amy Poehler’s book is fantastic of course (plus, pictures!) but some stories are just meant to be heard. I loved listening to her entirely. I dare say we’re BFFs now.

— Melinda

If you need a book that will make you think more deeply about self-growth, inspire you to engage more fully with your passions, and make you laugh so hard that you startle people around you, then this is the book for you. If you’ve never heard of this remarkable woman, then this book will make you fall in love with her—and if you have, get ready to adore her even more.

— Jax

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Do you want to get to know the woman we first came to love on Comedy Central's Upright Citizens Brigade? Do you want to spend some time with the lady who made you howl with laughter on Saturday Night Live, and in movies like Baby Mama, Blades of Glory, and They Came Together? Do you find yourself daydreaming about hanging out with the actor behind the brilliant Leslie Knope on Parks and Recreation? Did you wish you were in the audience at the last two Golden Globes ceremonies, so you could bask in the hilarity of Amy's one-liners?

If your answer to these questions is "Yes Please!" then you are in luck. In her first book, one of our most beloved funny folk delivers a smart, pointed, and ultimately inspirational read. Full of the comedic skill that makes us all love Amy, Yes Please is a rich and varied collection of stories, lists, poetry (Plastic Surgery Haiku, to be specific), photographs, mantras and advice. With chapters like "Treat Your Career Like a Bad Boyfriend," "Plain Girl Versus the Demon" and "The Robots Will Kill Us All" Yes Please will make you think as much as it will make you laugh. Honest, personal, real, and righteous, Yes Please is full of words to live by.

About the Author


Amy Poehler is a writer, actress, producer, and director who is known for her years on Saturday Night Live, her starring role as Leslie Knope on the beloved series Parks and Recreation, as the voice of Joy in Pixar's Inside Out, and for being third runner-up for Most Casual in her high-school yearbook. She lives in New York City and Los Angeles with her two boys. She hopes this book will get her invited for lunch on a fancy yacht with her hero Judge Judy. She is dressed and ready.

Praise For…


Yes Please is a great story…because it is self-damning and hopeful at the same time.” — Los Angeles Times

“Pure charm” — People

“Poehler is very funny, so the jokes are very good…Poehler is very wise, so her advice is on point.” — Slate

“Delightful...Poehler is frank and funny throughout [Yes Please], as is her nature, but her writing unearths a wise narrator who’s seen some of the worst of life and come out the other side unscathed…Can we get more from Amy Poehler? Yes, seriously, please.” — Newsweek

“Demonstrates the skill of this excellent comic actress, a funny woman who roots hilarity in specifics.” — Washington Post

“Required reading for all young women.” — Huffington Post

“[Yes Please] is honest words of wisdom within a joyous story structure.” — Philadelphia Inquirer

Yes Please veers between reminiscing and philosophizing. Poehler had developed some principles over the years and shares them in usually funny fashion.” — Chicago Sun-Times

Yes Please isn’t a scan of the comedic brain so much as it is something far better---the full exposure of Poehler’s funny and very magnanimous heart. — Elle

Yes Please delivers what it should: life lessons and vicarious thrills…the book is largely a portrait of confidence. Reading it, some of it rubs off on us.” — New Yorker



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Product Details
ISBN: 9780062268341
ISBN-10: 0062268341
Publisher: Dey Street Books
Publication Date: October 28th, 2014
Pages: 352
Language: English
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