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Uncle of the Year: & Other Debatable Triumphs (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780593443439)
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xFrom the star of Broadway's The Book of Mormon, Tony-nominated Gutenberg! The Musical!, and Tammy Faye (coming Fall 2024!), candid, hilarious essays on anxiety, ambition, and the uncertain path to adulthood that ask: How will we know when we get there?
"This is the funny, honest, cozy hang with Andrew Rannells that you've been creepily dreaming of. . . . A delight."--Tina Fey In Uncle of the Year, Andrew Rannells wonders: If he, now in his forties, has everything he's supposed to need to be an adult--a career, property, a well-tailored suit--why does he still feel like an anxious twenty-year-old climbing his way toward solid ground? Is it because he hasn't won a Tony, or found a husband, or had a child? And what if he doesn't want those things? (A husband and a child, that is. He wants a Tony.) In deeply personal essays drawn from his life as well as his career on Broadway and in Hollywood, Rannells argues that we all pretend--for friends, partners, parents, and others--that we are constantly succeeding in the process known as "adulting." But if this acting is leaving us unfulfilled, then we need new markers of time, new milestones, new expectations of what adulthood is and can be. Along the way, Rannells navigates dating, aging, mental health, bad jobs, and much more. In his essay "Uncle of the Year," he explores the role that children play in his life, as a man who never thought having kids was necessary or even possible--until his siblings have kids and he falls in love with a man with two of his own. In "Always Sit Next to Mark Ruffalo," he reveals the thrills and absurdities of the awards circuit, and the desire to be recognized for one's work. And in "Horses, Not Zebras," he shares the piece of wisdom that helped him finally come to terms with his anxiety and perfectionism. Filled with honest insights and a sharp wit, Uncle of the Year challenges us to take a long look at who we're pretending to be, who we know we are, and who we want to become.
Author: Andrew Rannells
ISBN-10: 0593443438
ISBN-13: 9780593443439
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Language: English
Published: 05/16/2023
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.10d
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 12/01/2022 pg. 20
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2023
Publishers Weekly 03/06/2023
Booklist 04/01/2023 pg. 12
Library Journal 04/01/2023 pg. 111
"This is the funny, honest, cozy hang with Andrew Rannells that you've been creepily dreaming of. . . . A delight."--Tina Fey In Uncle of the Year, Andrew Rannells wonders: If he, now in his forties, has everything he's supposed to need to be an adult--a career, property, a well-tailored suit--why does he still feel like an anxious twenty-year-old climbing his way toward solid ground? Is it because he hasn't won a Tony, or found a husband, or had a child? And what if he doesn't want those things? (A husband and a child, that is. He wants a Tony.) In deeply personal essays drawn from his life as well as his career on Broadway and in Hollywood, Rannells argues that we all pretend--for friends, partners, parents, and others--that we are constantly succeeding in the process known as "adulting." But if this acting is leaving us unfulfilled, then we need new markers of time, new milestones, new expectations of what adulthood is and can be. Along the way, Rannells navigates dating, aging, mental health, bad jobs, and much more. In his essay "Uncle of the Year," he explores the role that children play in his life, as a man who never thought having kids was necessary or even possible--until his siblings have kids and he falls in love with a man with two of his own. In "Always Sit Next to Mark Ruffalo," he reveals the thrills and absurdities of the awards circuit, and the desire to be recognized for one's work. And in "Horses, Not Zebras," he shares the piece of wisdom that helped him finally come to terms with his anxiety and perfectionism. Filled with honest insights and a sharp wit, Uncle of the Year challenges us to take a long look at who we're pretending to be, who we know we are, and who we want to become.
Author: Andrew Rannells
ISBN-10: 0593443438
ISBN-13: 9780593443439
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Language: English
Published: 05/16/2023
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.10d
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 12/01/2022 pg. 20
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2023
Publishers Weekly 03/06/2023
Booklist 04/01/2023 pg. 12
Library Journal 04/01/2023 pg. 111
By Andrew Rannells
xAndrew Rannells is an actor, a singer, and the author of Too Much Is Not Enough. A Tony, Drama Desk, and Critics Choice nominee and Grammy winner, he has starred onstage in The Book of Mormon, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Hamilton, Falsettos, The Boys in the Band, and Tammy Faye. On the small screen, he has appeared in Girls, The New Normal, Big Mouth, Black Monday, and Girls5eva and Welcome to Chippendales. Rannells's film credits include A Simple Favor, The Boys in the Band, and The Prom. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, and he recently made his directorial debut adapting one of his Modern Love essays for the streaming anthology series of the same name.
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