Purchase
Voice
September 2011
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Featuring: Jane Lynch
320 pages
ISBN: 1401341764
EAN: 9781401341763
Kindle: B005JN8Y5G
Hardcover / e-Book
Add to Wish List
Non-Fiction Memoir
In the summer of 1974, a fourteen-year-old girl in Dolton, Illinois, had a dream. A dream to become an actress, like her idols Ron Howard and Vicki Lawrence. But it was a long way from the South Side of Chicago to Hollywood, and it didn't help that she'd recently dropped out of the school play, The Ugly Duckling. Or that the Hollywood casting directors she wrote to replied that "professional training was a requirement." But the funny thing is, it all came true. Through a series of Happy Accidents, Jane Lynch created an improbable and hilarious path to success. In those early years, despite her dreams, she was also consumed with anxiety, feeling out of place in both her body and her family. To deal with her worries about her sexuality, she escaped in positive ways such as joining a high school chorus not unlike the one in Glee but also found destructive outlets. She started drinking almost every night her freshman year of high school and developed a mean and judgmental streak that turned her into a real-life Sue Sylvester. Then, at thirty-one, she started to get her life together. She was finally able to embrace her sexuality, come out to her parents, and quit drinking for good. Soon after, a Frosted Flakes commercial and a chance meeting in a coffee shop led to a role in the Christopher Guest movie Best in Show, which helped her get cast in The 40-Year-Old Virgin. Similar coincidences and chance meetings led to roles in movies starring Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, and even Meryl Streep in 2009's Julie & Julia. Then, of course, came the two lucky accidents that truly changed her life. Getting lost in a hotel led to an introduction to her future wife, Lara. Then, a series she'd signed up for abruptly got canceled, making it possible for her to take the role of Sue Sylvester in Glee, which made her a megastar. Today, Jane Lynch has finally found the contentment she thought she'd never have. Part comic memoir and part inspirational narrative, this is a book equally for the rabid Glee fan and for anyone who needs a new perspective on life, love, and success.
 Media BuzzAccess Hollywood - May 17, 2012
CBS This Morning - May 15, 2012
Tonight Show with Jay Leno - April 9, 2012
Live with Kelly - March 27, 2012
Ellen Degeneres - December 22, 2011
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon - November 14, 2011
Nate Berkus - October 3, 2011
Jimmy Kimmel Live - October 3, 2011
Today - September 24, 2011
Today - September 21, 2011
Extra - September 21, 2011
Today - September 20, 2011
| 
© 2003-2026