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My Squirrel Days

By: Ellie Kemper
Narrated by: Ellie Kemper
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 Comedian and star of The Office and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Ellie Kemper delivers a hilarious and uplifting collection of essays about one pale woman's journey from Midwestern naïf to Hollywood semi-celebrity to outrageously reasonable New Yorker.

There comes a time in every sitcom actress's life when she is faced with the prospect of writing a book. When Ellie Kemper's number was up, she was ready. Contagiously cheerful, predictably wholesome, and mostly inspiring except for one essay about her husband's feet, My Squirrel Days is a funny, free-wheeling tour of Ellie's life-from growing up in suburban St. Louis with a vivid imagination and a crush on David Letterman to moving to Los Angeles and accidentally falling on Doris Kearns Goodwin.

But those are not the only famous names dropped in this synopsis. Ellie will also share stories of inadvertently insulting Ricky Gervais at the Emmy Awards, telling Tina Fey that she has "great hair-really strong and thick," and offering a maxi pad to Steve Carell. She will take you back to her childhood as a nature lover determined to commune with squirrels, to her college career as a benchwarming field hockey player with no assigned position, and to her young professional days writing radio commercials for McDonald's but never getting paid. Ellie will guide you along her journey through adulthood, from unorganized bride to impatient wife to anxious mother who-as recently observed by a sassy hairstylist-"dresses like a mom." Well, sassy hairstylist, Ellie Kemper is a mom. And she has been dressing like it since she was four.

Ellie has written for GQ, Esquire, The New York Times, McSweeney's and The Onion. Her voice is the perfect antidote to the chaos of modern life. In short, she will tell you nothing you need to know about making it in show business, and everything you need to know about discreetly changing a diaper at a Cibo Express.

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This was funny and charming, Ellie's reading of the book made it really enjoyable. I'd recommend this book in a heartbeat :)

Loved this book!

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As a dedicated Kimmy fan I had to read this book but of course it's better than the written book since it has Ellie's superb delivery. I really enjoyed it and will definitely listen again which is something I rarely do.

Hahahahahahahahahahaha!

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Narrator is Ellie herself, which makes the book even more humorous. Loved the story about the photographer's taking her picture on the red carpet and the one about her sitting in Tituss lap. The childhood stories were also great!
I listened to the audiobook while I was commuting or going to the supermarket and the amount of times that I burst out laughing and people just stared at me... Thanks for the laughs!

loved it!

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Felt a little superficial. Not alot of personal negative or sad stuff, maybe that was the point, but I was expecting to know more about her life.

Funny and upbeat

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Ellie Kemper is simply wonderful and this book is testament to that. It has great stories and a really enjoyable insight to a young aspiring actors life.

Insightful, Charming and Very funny.

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