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This Is Me: Loving the Person You are Today
Écrit par Chrissy Metz
Raconté par Chrissy Metz
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- HarperAudio
- Sortie:
- Mar 27, 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780062837943
- Format:
- Livre audio
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An inspirational book about life and its lessons from the Golden Globe and Emmy nominated star of NBC's This Is Us.
When This Is Us debuted in fall 2016, a divided America embraced a show that celebrates human connection. The critically acclaimed series became America's most watched—and most talked about—network show, even building on its fan base in the drama's second season. As Kate Pearson, Chrissy Metz presents a character that has never been seen on television, yet viewers see themselves in her, no matter what they look like or where they come from. Considered a role model just for being her authentic self, Chrissy found herself on magazine covers and talk shows, walking red carpets, and as the subject of endless conversations on social media "I don't know what you've been through to play her," she is often told by fans, "but it was something."
In This is Me, Chrissy Metz shares her story with a raw honesty that will leave readers both surprised but also inspired. Infused with the same authenticity she brings to her starring role, Chrissy's This is Me is so much more than your standard Hollywood memoir or collection of personal essays. She embraces the spirit of Shonda Rhimes' Year of Yes, and shares how she has applied the lessons she learned from both setbacks and successes. A born entertainer, Chrissy finds light in even her darkest moments, and leaves the reader feeling they are spending time with a friend who gets it.
Chrissy Metz grew up in a large family, one that always seemed to be moving, and growing. Her father disappeared one day, leaving her mother to work a series of menial jobs and his children to learn to live with the threat of hunger and the electricity being cut off. When her mother remarried, Chrissy hoped for "normal" but instead experienced a form of mental pain that seemed crafted just for her. The boys who showed her attention did so with strings attached as well, and Chrissy accepted it, because for her, love always came with conditions.
When she set out for Los Angeles, it was the first time she had been away from her family and from Florida. And for years, she got barely an audition. So how does a woman with the deck stacked against her radiate such love, beauty and joy? This too is at the heart of This is Me.
With chapters that alternate from autobiographical to instructional, Chrissy offers practical applications of her hard-won insights in a series of "Bee Mindful" interstitials. There she invites you to embrace gratitude in "Say Thank You" or to be honest with your partner and yourself in "The Shrouded Supreme." Blending love and experience, Chrissy encourages us all to claim our rightful place in a world that may be trying to knock us down, find our own unique gifts, and pursue our dreams.
Informations sur le livre
This Is Me: Loving the Person You are Today
Écrit par Chrissy Metz
Raconté par Chrissy Metz
Description
An inspirational book about life and its lessons from the Golden Globe and Emmy nominated star of NBC's This Is Us.
When This Is Us debuted in fall 2016, a divided America embraced a show that celebrates human connection. The critically acclaimed series became America's most watched—and most talked about—network show, even building on its fan base in the drama's second season. As Kate Pearson, Chrissy Metz presents a character that has never been seen on television, yet viewers see themselves in her, no matter what they look like or where they come from. Considered a role model just for being her authentic self, Chrissy found herself on magazine covers and talk shows, walking red carpets, and as the subject of endless conversations on social media "I don't know what you've been through to play her," she is often told by fans, "but it was something."
In This is Me, Chrissy Metz shares her story with a raw honesty that will leave readers both surprised but also inspired. Infused with the same authenticity she brings to her starring role, Chrissy's This is Me is so much more than your standard Hollywood memoir or collection of personal essays. She embraces the spirit of Shonda Rhimes' Year of Yes, and shares how she has applied the lessons she learned from both setbacks and successes. A born entertainer, Chrissy finds light in even her darkest moments, and leaves the reader feeling they are spending time with a friend who gets it.
Chrissy Metz grew up in a large family, one that always seemed to be moving, and growing. Her father disappeared one day, leaving her mother to work a series of menial jobs and his children to learn to live with the threat of hunger and the electricity being cut off. When her mother remarried, Chrissy hoped for "normal" but instead experienced a form of mental pain that seemed crafted just for her. The boys who showed her attention did so with strings attached as well, and Chrissy accepted it, because for her, love always came with conditions.
When she set out for Los Angeles, it was the first time she had been away from her family and from Florida. And for years, she got barely an audition. So how does a woman with the deck stacked against her radiate such love, beauty and joy? This too is at the heart of This is Me.
With chapters that alternate from autobiographical to instructional, Chrissy offers practical applications of her hard-won insights in a series of "Bee Mindful" interstitials. There she invites you to embrace gratitude in "Say Thank You" or to be honest with your partner and yourself in "The Shrouded Supreme." Blending love and experience, Chrissy encourages us all to claim our rightful place in a world that may be trying to knock us down, find our own unique gifts, and pursue our dreams.
- Éditeur:
- HarperAudio
- Sortie:
- Mar 27, 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780062837943
- Format:
- Livre audio
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“There is something that happens when you are grateful. You continue to receive blessings.”
Chrissy was determined not to allow the struggles that all people art one time or another face to become her reality. Instead she has continued to put one foot in front of the other. Even when she falls she dusts herself off and recognizes what derailed her.
This isn't a self help book or a book that was thrown together to bring more attention to a television show. It is an honest memoir of one woman who loves herself regardless of what others think or think she should think about herself. A five star must read (or listen lol)
She has a very unique voice (writing and speaking), which is one of the reasons she's so fun to follow. And that came through in the book. Even though I wasn't listening to the audiobook, I could totally hear her saying the things she wrote. And that worked for her, and against her for the book in my opinion. There were so, so many words that aren't real words left in the book as her exclamations. Gawd, Lawd, okuuur, and the one that got me the most was "doneskees." I mean, I know what she's going for, but it was just a little too much for me in a written book.
Also, I wanted to send the book to an editor. I mean, she thanks her editor, but I wanted to go, "Really?" There were SO many errors in the book. It felt like they were throwing the book together way too fast, on the heels of her Emmy and Golden Globe noms and the height of her success. But it didn't feel polished at all.
And I think most of the errors were because they were trying to keep her talking voice real in the pages. None of the errors were like typographical or even grammatical. They were all tenses and weird sentences and point of view. Basics of writing. Things that an editor should have at least smoothed over. A good editor, in my opinion, would be able to keep the voice while making it still conversational and organic to the author. Instead, tenses would change between present and past, not only in the same paragraph, but THE SAME SENTENCE!!! Really? I know we talk like that, but we can't write that way in a publication. Its just different. Same thing with point of view. I know these are all housekeeping issues, so they wouldn't bother everyone. But for me, it brought me out of the story over and over.
Overall, she's an amazing person, and the book gives a great sense of what all she has been through without narrowing in on only her eating and weight issues. Of course, she discusses it. But its not the focus. It actually was more of a self-help book than I expected. Which I didn't love, but it was fine. It showed how much she has grown. Although, like any of us I supposed, she has a lot more growing to do. That showed a lot too in her conversational style of writing.
As a mega This is Us fan, I was hoping for more in depth coverage of her time on the show. Of course I knew it wouldn't come until the end of the book, but I wanted a bit more. I love the little glimpses that she does give. I love what she says about each of her costars. But it left me wanted more. Could we have taken out a bit of the repetition of self-help to get what the reader really wants. I want to know what it was like to meet them for the first time. Not only that they sat at the round table to do the reading together. I want more than a paragraph on each of the costars. (Even though what she does say is perfection. I love Sterling K. Brown and Milo Ventimiglia passionately, so her describing Sterling contagious, full body laughter made me smile, and her describing how Milo IS Jack Pearson made me melt.) But I just wanted a bit more!
All in all, it was a good read. However, if I could go back, I would listen to the audiobook. I just love listening to celebrity memoirs through audio when they are reading it. You really get to hear their voice and their humor and sarcasm. Their heart. Some of my favorites are Wildflower by Drew Barrymore, Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls by Lauren Graham, and Bossypants by Tina Fey.