Yes Please (Poehler)

Book Reviews
Her heart isn’t in this book, which is O.K.—heart is overrated. But the jokes aren’t very good, either. “Yes Please” reminds you of that squeaky fact: Even smart, hilarious people, the ones you wish were your great friends, sometimes can’t write. The world isn’t fair that way.
Dwight Garner - New York Times


Funny, wise, earnest, honest, spiritually ambitious.... [Amy Poehler is] a smart and funny woman who isn't either of those things all the time and doesn't mind admitting it because she thinks that's important.
LA Times


The funniest, smartest and frankest memoir I've ever read. (Books of the Year 2014.)
Doug Johnstone - Herald (UK)


A joy.... [Poehler] has particularly smart advice on how to ignore the internal whispers that give rise to self-loathing; it should be piped into the girls' changing rooms at every secondary school. (Books of the Year 2014.)
Evening Standard (UK)


Hilarious...wickedly funny and razor sharp.
Observer (UK)


Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to the only book I care about these days: Yes Please by Amy Poehler. Amy Poehler is an American actor, comedian and writer. She is also a mighty force for good... I know you're sick of celebrity memoirs, you're sick of female celebrities talking about feminism, blah blah blah. Well, that's just fine because Poehler's book is so much more than that. Poehler is the only person in the world other than Nora Ephron who can be funny about divorce (and she is so funny about divorce), and she is definitely the only person in the world from whom I will accept sex tips (and her sex tips are great). But most of all, she's super smart.
Hadley Freeman - Guardian (UK)


Required reading for all young women. (Best Books of 2014.)
Huffington Post


[A] bristlingly intelligent, guffaw-out-loud memoir.... Yes Please isn't a scan of the comedic brain so much as it is something far better-the full exposure of Poehler's funny and very magnanimous heart.
Elle


Yes Please is what happens if you take the wit of Saturday Night Live, sprinkle it with the warmth of Nora Ephron and marinade it in the spirit of the best, most empowering women's magazine.... Poehler is that rare thing: wise without being bossy, smart without making you feel a bit stupid, funny without making you wince. And her book is like sitting in your kitchen with your best friend, drinking too much wine, laughing, crying and maybe doing embarrassing mum dancing.
Harper's Bazaar


Half memoir, half advice column, and 100 percent wisecracking, sharp-as-hell, belly-laugh-making Poehler.
GQ


[Amy Poehler] is simply one of the best things about the 21st century so far.... [O]ne of this year's essential reads.
Stylist


As brilliant and hilarious and adorable as the woman herself.
Marie Claire


Life advice, personal anecdotes and a touch of sex all beautifully handled by the warmest US comedy goddess... Actually adorable.
Grazia Daily


Our favourite agony aunt... Witty, real-life advice Vogue A part-memoir, part-manual mashup of inspirational career counsel and laugh-out-loud sex advice.
Good Housekeeping


Anyone who loves Amy Poehler's biting comedic style will love the SNL star's autobiography... hilarious Stylist Poehler's first book of personal stories and advice, in the vein of Tina Fey's Bossypants and Mindy Kaling's Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?... One of America's most beloved comics and actresses.
The Millions


Poehler, the sharp and self-deprecating Emmy-winning star of TV's Parks and Recreation, takes a stab here at autobiography mixed with advice on sex, babies, and even divorce.... Her memoir is as bewitching and chameleonlike as Poehler herself is when she appears onstage and on-screen.
Publishers Weekly


The author's successful career proves that collaboration, good manners and gratitude are assets in both business and life. She has written a happy, angst-free memoir with stories told without regret or shame....a series of lessons learned about achieving success through ambition and a resolute spirit.... A wise and winning—and polite—memoir and manifesto.
Kirkus Reviews