Título: Hello, Molly!: A Memoir
Autor: Molly Shannon, Sean Wilsey
Sinopse: A New York Times bestseller
A candid, compulsively readable, hilarious, and heartbreaking memoir of resilience and redemption by comedic genius Molly Shannon
At age four, Molly Shannon’s world was shattered when she lost her mother, baby sister, and cousin in a car accident with her father at the wheel. Held together by her tender and complicated relationship with her grieving father, Molly was raised in a permissive household where her gift for improvising and role-playing blossomed alongside the fearlessness that would lead her to become a celebrated actress.
From there, Molly ventured into the wider world of New York and Los Angeles show business, where she created her own opportunities and developed her daring and empathetic comedy. Filled with behind-the-scenes stories involving everyone from Whitney Houston to Adam Sandler to Monica Lewinsky, many told for the first time here, Hello, Molly! spans Molly’s time on Saturday Night Live—where she starred alongside Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, Cheri Oteri, Tracy Morgan, and Jimmy Fallon, among many others. At the same time, it explores with humor and candor her struggle to come to terms with the legacy of her father, a man who both fostered her gifts and drive and was left with the impossible task of raising his kids alone after the loss of her mother.
Witty, winning, and told with tremendous energy and heart, Hello, Molly!, written with Sean Wilsey, sheds new and revelatory light on the life and work of one of our most talented and free-spirited performers.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Hello, Molly!: A Memoir”, de Molly Shannon, Sean Wilsey, publicado pela editora Ecco, em 2023 e com 304 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Ecco
Páginas: 304
Ano: 2023-04-11
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 0063056240
ISBN13: 9780063056244
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Ecco convidam o leitor a mergulhar em narrativas densas e multifacetadas, onde o conflito humano e a complexidade das relações familiares e sociais ganham destaque. A experiência de leitura frequentemente apresenta personagens marcados por traumas, crises pessoais ou dilemas éticos, em contextos que vão do cotidiano contemporâneo até cenários históricos ou fantásticos. O tom varia entre o lírico e o tenso, com ritmo que ora acelera em suspense, ora se detém em reflexões profundas, revelando uma preferência por textos que exploram a psicologia dos personagens e os impasses morais que enfrentam.
