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GRAMMY NOMINEE
Audie Award, Humor, 2015
Amy Poehler is hosting a dinner party and you're invited! Welcome to the audiobook edition of Amy Poehler's Yes Please. The guest list is star-studded with vocal appearances from Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, Michael Schur, Patrick Stewart, Kathleen Turner, and even Amy's parents - Yes Please is the ultimate audiobook extravaganza.
Also included? A one-night-only live performance at Poehler's Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. Hear Amy read a chapter live in front of a young and attractive Los Angeles audience.
While listening to Yes Please, you'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll become convinced that your phone is trying to kill you. Don't miss this collection of stories, thoughts, ideas, lists, and haikus from the mind of one of our most beloved entertainers. Offering Amy's thoughts on everything from her ""too safe"" childhood outside of Boston to her early days in New York City, her ideas about Hollywood and ""the biz"", the demon that looks back at all of us in the mirror, and her joy at being told she has a ""face for wigs"" - Yes Please is chock-full of words, and wisdom, to live by.
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"As a book, this is a disorganized mess that comes across as a money grab. When someone made a comment that listening to the chapters on an audio book it is more like listening to a podcast that made so much sense. And made it easier to keep listening to. For a comedian, this book isn't funny. It is more like someone doing series of self-help assignments in order to process things. "
— Lunarose (4 out of 5 stars)
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“Listeners know they’re getting something special, unique, and a bit absurd right from the start when Poehler claims to be narrating from her own personal audio booth, built at the base of Mount Rushmore. Poehler sounds consistently warm, funny, and genuine, and it’s only a matter of time before she’ll have you laughing out loud. When she’s joined in ‘her’ studio by Seth Meyers and Mike Schur to reminisce about Saturday Night Live and Parks and Recreation” it sounds like we’re overhearing candid conversations between friends. Cameos from Carol Burnett, Kathleen Turner, Patrick Stewart, and even Amy’s parents add even more flavor. What a treat. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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“The Parks and Recreation actor’s memoir is even more charming when read by her, with the addition of famous friends and her parents.”
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“A hilarious, touching new memoir.”
— People -
“An Amy Poehler book? Yes please!”
— Time -
“Yes Please is Poehler’s first book, an autobiographical memoir of sorts that shows off the Parks and Recreation actress’ wit—as well as her wisdom.”
— Entertainment Weekly -
“Whether she’s playing Hillary Clinton to Tina Fey’s Sarah Palin on SNL or climbing walls (real or metaphorical) on Parks & Recreation, Amy Poehler rides a wave of ironic, yet upbeat humor. In this much-awaited debut, the multitalented celeb writes with winning candor about sundry topics under the sun including, but not limited to, her experiences as a child of two Massachusetts teacher parents, early career calamities, television fame, movie fortune, and family happiness. This aptly titled affirmation qualifies as the perfect shelf companion to Fey’s Bossypants.
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“Poehler steers clear of typical memoir fare in the book she calls ‘a street-level view of my life so far’…Though she mostly avoids writing about her recent divorce (‘too sad and too personal’), Poehler is otherwise an open book in this honest and even touching peek behind the curtain.”
— BookPage
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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
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An AudioFile Editors’ Pick in Memoir for November 2014
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A BookPage Top Pick for December 2014
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One of Audible’s Best Audiobooks of 2014
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A Library Journal bestseller
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Finalist for the 2015 Audie Award for Best Autobiography/Memoir Narration
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Winner of the 2015 Audie Award for Best Humor Narration
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Finalist for the 2015 Audie Award for Best Narration by the Author
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An Amazon Top 100 Book of 2014
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A London Guardian Pick of Best Audiobooks
Yes Please Listener Reviews
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Teresa Bahr, 6/30/2022
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Joshua Boyer, 6/4/2022
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Joellyn Shubert, 9/2/2020
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" Amy Poehler's "Yes Please" is smart and witty and sharp. This was a great read, I would definitely recommend! "
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Scott VanArsdale, 10/14/2015
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" I just love Amy Poehler. Her narration kept me company on my road trip. A great mix of funny and serious. "
— Steven, 8/3/2015
About Amy Poehler
Amy Poehler is a writer, actress, producer, and director. She lives in New York City and Los Angeles with her two boys. She hopes this book will get her invited onto her hero Judge Judy’s yacht, Triumphant Lady.
About the Narrators
Amy Poehler is a writer, actress, producer, and director. She lives in New York City and Los Angeles with her two boys. She hopes this book will get her invited onto her hero Judge Judy’s yacht, Triumphant Lady.
Carol Burnett is widely recognized for her work on stage and screen, most notably The Carol Burnett Show, which was named in 2007 by Time magazine as one of “100 Best Television Shows of All Time.” A highly acclaimed actress for her comedic and dramatic roles on television, film, and Broadway, Burnett has been honored with twelve People’s Choice Awards, eight Golden Globes, six Emmy Awards, the Horatio Alger Award, the Peabody Award, and the Ace Award. She has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, is a Kennedy Center honoree, and has been inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. She is also a New York Times bestselling author.
Patrick Stewart is a distinguished stage and screen actor whose illustrious career spans six decades. He is a classically trained theater artist who got his start at England’s Royal Shakespeare Company, and his legendary performances have garnered him three Olivier Awards, Emmy and Tony Award nominations, and a Grammy Award, among many other honors. His beloved screen work, known to audiences worldwide, includes his iconic portrayals of Star Trek’s Jean-Luc Picard and X-Men’s Professor Charles Xavier. Follow him on social media at @SirPatStew.
Kathleen Turner is an award-winning actress who has starred in over twenty-five films including Prizzi’s Honor, Romancing the Stone, and The War of the Roses, along with twelve Broadway shows including The Graduate and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. She is active in Planned Parenthood, People for the American Way, and City Meals on Wheels. She lives in New York City.
Laurie Keller is the acclaimed author-illustrator of Do Unto Otters; Arnie, the Doughnut; and The Scrambled States of America, among numerous others. She grew up in Muskegon, Michigan, and always loved to draw, paint, and write stories. She earned a BFA at Kendall College of Art and Design, then worked at Hallmark as a greeting card illustrator for over seven years, until one night she got an idea for a children’s book. She quit her job, moved to New York City, and had soon published her first book. She loved living in New York, but she has now returned to her home state, where she lives in a little cottage in the woods on the shore of Lake Michigan.