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In Why Not Me?, Kaling shares her ongoing journey to find contentment and excitement in her adult life, whether itโs falling in love at work, seeking new friendships in lonely places, attempting to be the first person in history to lose weight without any behavior modification whatsoever, or most important, believing that you have a place in Hollywood when youโre constantly reminded that no one looks like you.In โHow to Look Spectacular: A Starletโs Confessions,โ Kaling gives her tongue-in-cheek secrets for surefire on-camera beauty, (โYour natural hair color may be appropriate for your skin tone, but this isnโt the land of appropriateโthis is Hollywood, baby. Out here, a dark-skinned womanโs traditional hair color is honey blonde.โ) โPlayerโ tells the story of Kaling being seduced and dumped by a female friend in L.A. (โI had been replaced by a younger model. And now they had matching bangs.โ) In โUnlikely Leading Lady,โ she muses on Americaโs fixation with the weight of actresses, (โMost women we see onscreen are either so thin that theyโre walking clavicles or so huge that their only scenes involve them breaking furniture.โ) And in โSoup Snakes,โ Kaling spills some secrets on her relationship with her ex-boyfriend and close friend, B.J. Novak (โI will freely admit: my relationship with B.J. Novak is weird as hell.โ)
Mindy turns the anxieties, the glamour, and the celebrations of her second coming-of-age into a laugh-out-loud funny collection of essays that anyone whoโs ever been at a turning point in their life or career can relate to. And those whoโve never been at a turning point can skip to the parts where she talks about meeting Bradley Cooper. ISBN:9780091960308
