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Minka Kelly
“A timely, urgent portrait of working-class American women.” —Gabrielle Union Minka Kelly takes readers behind the shiny silver-screen facade and reveals just how good an actress she really is. Fans know her as the spoiled, rich cheerleader Lyla Garrity on Friday Night Lights or as the affluent, mysterious Samantha on the HBO megahit Euphoria. But as revealed for the first time in these pages, Minka Kelly’s life has been anything but easy. Raised by a single mother who worked as a stripper and struggled with addiction, Minka spent years waking up in strange apartments as she and her mom bounced around the country, relying on friends and relatives to take them in. At times they even lived in storage units. As a teenager, Minka worked in a peep show to earn enough money to be independent. She reconnected with her father, Aerosmith’s Rick Dufay, and eventually made her way to Los Angeles, where she landed the role of a lifetime on Friday Night Lights. Now an established actress and philanthropist, Minka takes this next step in her career as a writer. She has poured her soul into the pages of this book, which ultimately tells a story of triumph over adversity, and how resilience and love are all we have in the end.
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Author
Minka Kelly
Pages
288
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Published Date
2023-05-02
ISBN
1250852064 9781250852069
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"Did not know Minka Kelly went through so much. Happy to hear her story, as sad as it was"
Skye Edelson-Bennett
"Excellent! One of my favourite memoirs I’ve listened to so far. Very well written. Sad and beautiful. "
Rhon
"As someone who had no idea who she is or what shows she was in, my experience reading was similar to “I’m Glad My Mom Died”. The stories aren’t alike, but Minka Kelly had a much different childhood than most would think. "
Sheldon Rapoza
"Barely knew who she was before this, now a huge fan"
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Jaimee Barkhouse
"Very well written. Wanted to give little Minka a hug. "
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Karin Dodson
"*SPOILERS*<br/><br/>I really enjoyed the beginning. Hearing people tell their story, especially if it is so very different than my own upbringing, is aways really interesting to hear. But the longer the book went on, the more whiny it felt. There were parts that were unbelievable to me, like when as a nearly grown woman she said she didn’t know what a warrant was. Living the life she lived as a child, I just simply don’t believe that was never talked about by her mother, her mother’s friends/coworkers, etc. By the end she’s lecturing us on white privilege and floating the idea that she wished her mother had aborted her. A majority of the book was just her saying she was taking accountability for her life, and then proceeding to blame everyone else for her circumstances. I understand she had a hard childhood and had to pull herself out of what she was born into, but when you are a successful and well known actress whining about how hard your life is…just doesn’t land for me."
Jessica Toon