{"product_id":"9780804138161","title":"Why Not Me?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the beloved \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e bestselling book \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eand the creator and star of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mindy Project\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e comes a collection of essays that are as hilarious and insightful as they are deeply personal.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eWhy Not Me?,\u003c\/i\u003e Kaling shares her ongoing journey to find contentment and excitement in her adult life, whether it’s falling in love at work, seeking new friendships in lonely places, attempting to be the first person in history to lose weight without any behavior modification whatsoever, or most important, believing that you have a place in Hollywood when you’re constantly reminded that no one looks like you.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In “How to Look Spectacular: A Starlet’s Confessions,” Kaling gives her tongue-in-cheek secrets for surefire on-camera beauty, (“Your natural hair color may be appropriate for your skin tone, but this isn’t the land of appropriate–\u003ci\u003ethis is Hollywood, baby\u003c\/i\u003e. Out here, a dark-skinned woman’s traditional hair color is honey blonde.”) “Player” tells the story of Kaling being seduced and dumped by a female friend in L.A. (“I had been replaced by a younger model. And now they had matching bangs.”) In “Unlikely Leading Lady,” she muses on America’s fixation with the weight of actresses, (“Most women we see onscreen are either so thin that they’re walking clavicles or so huge that their only scenes involve them breaking furniture.”) And in “Soup Snakes,” Kaling spills some secrets on her relationship with her ex-boyfriend and close friend, B.J. Novak (“I will freely admit: my relationship with B.J. Novak is weird as hell.”)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Mindy turns the anxieties, the glamour, and the celebrations of her second coming-of-age into a laugh-out-loud funny collection of essays that anyone who’s ever been at a turning point in their life or career can relate to. And those who’ve never been at a turning point can skip to the parts where she talks about meeting Bradley Cooper.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crown\/Archetype","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015253999856,"sku":"9780804138161","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780804138161_p0.jpg?v=1763724324","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780804138161","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}