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Voice
September 2011
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Featuring: Jane Lynch
320 pages
ISBN: 1401341764
EAN: 9781401341763
Kindle: B005JN8Y5G
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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.
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