Name: Patrick Book's review of Hello, Molly!: A Memoir by Sean Wilsey
Item: Hello, Molly!: A Memoir
Rating: 4
Author: Patrick Book

Sean Wilsey

Molly Shannon

A candid, compulsively readable, hilarious, and heartbreaking memoir of resilience and redemption 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 Lewinski, 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.

Hello, Molly!: A Memoir

camille

Patrick Book

What a goddamn delight! 

There is so much dark and sadness in Shannon’s life and it is a remarkable testament to her character that she is able to approach life with such irrepressible joy. And her characters make even more sense now! CONTEXT!

Kaelan Chambers

A truly exquisite audiobook experience🏆💛

Maggie Hepditch

This was a wild fucking ride. Molly do you realize your father is the villain in your origin story????? You mentioned you go to a therapist but I'm concerned it's not helping????? Anyway chapter 22 made the whole book.

KADY BURNS

I sat down with this book at 5 pm and finished it by 9 pm. I didn't know anything about Molly Shannon, aside from seeing her on SNL, so to learn her story via print was fascinating. The focus is primarily on her relationship with her dad after the crash, but there are interesting tidbits thrown in along the way. Normally not into celeb memoirs but this is the exception to the rule. Now excuse me while I go watch clips of this amazing woman

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