Scrappy Little Nobody

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Anna Kendrick: Scrappy Little Nobody (2016, Touchstone)

English language

Published Nov. 15, 2016 by Touchstone.

ISBN:
978-1-5011-1723-7
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4 stars (4 reviews)

"A collection of whimsical autobiographical essays by the Academy Award-nominated actress and star of Up in the Air recounts memorable milestones from her New England upbringing to the blockbuster films that have made her one of Hollywood's most popular actresses,"--Baker & Taylor.

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Audiobook is great!

4 stars

If you can, listen to the audiobook for this one. It really feels like you're just sitting in a room with Anna while she's telling you about her life. I'm always wary of celebrities reading their own books due to so many reading like a monotonous professor at a 4am class. This is not like that at all.

Before Into the Woods, I had no idea that Anna had been on Broadway, so I learned a lot about her life and the starting of her career at a young age. She weaves her humor through the book along with some serious topics/moments and it works very well. There's a surprisingly great balance between the two so you don't feel like she's just trying to make a funny book or trying to make you pity her.

Overall this is one of the first biographies by a comedian that I actually truly …

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  • Actors, biography
  • Singers, united states
  • Singers, biography