Bossypants

Bossypants

Author	Tina Fey
Audio read by	Tina Fey
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Autobiography
Publisher	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date	April 5, 2011
Media type	Print
Pages	277
ISBN
LC Class	PN2287.F4255 A3 2011

Bossypants is an autobiographical comedy book written by the American comedian Tina Fey. The book topped The New York Times Best Seller list, and stayed there for five weeks upon its release. As of November 2014, the book has sold over 2.5 mllion copies since its debut, according to Nielsen BookScan. Additionally, Fey's Grammy nominated narration of the audiobook has sold over 150,000 copies on Audible.com. A paperback reprint edition was released in January 2012, from Reagan Arthur Books, an imprint of Little, Brown.

In 2008, the prospect of a Tina Fey book was reportedly the subject of a bidding war among publishers, which led to an advance of $6 million. As part of her deal with Little, Brown & Co., a gift was made to the New York-based Books for Kids Foundation.

Fey uses humorous anecdotes to tell her life story, including how she came to be on Saturday Night Live and how she created 30 Rock.

Fey recalls the childhood attack that left her with a facial scar, and how others have reacted to it. Fey also talks about how it was a way to see a different perspective on life.

Fey relays her childhood in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, her mother's squeamish attitude to explaining menstruation, and her feelings about when girls become women. She describes her first visit to a gynecologist as a young woman in Rogers Park, Chicago, in which she passed out.

Fey describes a summer in Wildwood, New Jersey with her cousins, whom she credits with teaching her everything about womanhood and beauty. She criticizes the impossible standards of mainstream American beauty existing today, particularly the mythic status afforded to blonde hair, and describes all her physical forms she has since come to appreciate.

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