Shonda Rhimes is an award-winning creator, producer, the CEO of global media company, Shondaland, and New York Times best-selling author of Year of Yes. She is known for executive producing such TV series as Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, Bridgerton, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, Inventing Anna, and more. As the founder of The Rhimes Foundation, Rhimes supports arts, education, and activism, serving on numerous nonprofit boards, including the American Film Institute, Lincoln Center, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Kennedy Center. In addition, Rhimes is on special committees for the USC Film Council and the Obama Foundation. A three-time inclusion on the Time 100 list of most influential people, she has been appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire and her work has been celebrated with numerous awards including induction into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.
"Year of Yes is as fun to read as Rhimes' TV series are to watch.
Her authorial voice is fresh and strong."
--Los Angeles Times
"A sincere and inspiring account of saying yes to life...Rhimes
tells us all about it in the speedy, smart style of her much-loved
TV shows. She's warm, eminently relatable, and funny... Like a
cashmere shawl you pack just in case, Year of Yes is well worth the
purse space, and it would make an equally great gift. Rhimes said
"yes" to sharing her insights . Following her may not land you on
the cover of a magazine, but you'll be glad you did."
--Kirkus
"It's like having a mini-Shonda in your head, encouraging you to go
for it. And say 'it's handled.'"
-- The Skimm (Skimm Reads pick)
"A book that is fun, dishy and inspirational all at the same
time...a powerful book, a great gift for a friend or yourself,
whether you're a fan of the Shondaland lineup or not."
--Motherlode/NYTimes.com
"A mix of humor and conversational real talk...written with dashes
of Oprah-esque inspiration but the no-B.S. frankness of, say, Dr.
Cristina Yang from Grey's Anatomy...Even if Rhimes's fame and
career don't make her an everywoman, she writes with an
everywomanly sensibility...her words brim with such life that by
the end of the book, some readers may find themselves wanting to
say yes to more things, too."
--TVInsider.com
"A self-help book dressed in casual clothes, lessons for living a
better life told through relatable personal essays from the woman
who set out to, in the course of a year, make her own better...
There's an uncanny familiarity to the journey Rhimes goes on...
Never do you feel preached at while reading Rhimes's book. This
woman of huge fame and fortune is speaking directly to you, and
she's doing it with familiarity, humor, and earned wisdom...Year of
Yes is an awakening as much as it is a reckoning. Recognize the
power of what you've been doing. Do more of it."
-- Daily Beast
"Amazing...The title alone is giving us heart eyes... Life is full
of opportunities and chances that we've can't even imagine. That's
the core message of empowerment in Shonda's new book, and we're
behind it one-hundred percent. ALL OF THE YES to Year of Yes."
--HelloGiggles
"Brilliant...a peek into Rhimes' wise, funny, surprisingly candid
brain, which contains opinions on everything from accepting
compliments and balancing showrunning with single motherhood to,
yes, the recent weight loss that's been (unfairly) making the most
headlines. By the end of journey in The Year of Yes, you'll feel
like you've gained a new best friend."
--Women & Hollywood/ Indiewire.com
"Can help motivate even the most determined homebody to get out and
try something new in the New Year."
--Chicago Tribune
"If you enjoy the rapid-fire dialogue of her characters, reading
this book will feel like home. Rhimes opens up, and inspires,
discussing her personal experiences as a sister, daughter, mother,
friend and boss tempered with biting insights on societal
expectations of women...[a] blend of biography and badassery."
-- Ebony.com
"Instead of writing passionate narratives for her TV characters,
Rhimes adopted their pluck and bold attitudes and attacked life
with a new sense of purpose...Who knew that such a small word could
have such a life-changing impact? By saying "yes," she learned to
dance it out and stand in the sun. Dr. Cristina Yang would be
soproud."
--Associated Press
"Revealing and delightful."
-- New York Daily News
"Rhimes guides the reader through her transformative yearlong
experiment, each chapter dealing with a different personal
challenge for herself, and she lets us deep inside her brain,
carefully laying out all of her fears and self-doubt...candid and
friendly, almost as if the two of you were catching up over
drinks."
-- Slate.com
"Rhimes is, unsurprisingly, a fantastic memoirist: Her writing is
conversational and witty and lyrical, inflected with the supple
human breathiness you might expect from a person who spends her
days writing dialogue. It features lots of great punchlines...It
features occasional, chatty, second-person asides...[It] is also in
many ways a side-door self-help book...[with] pieces of advice that
concern not just Rhimes's readers, but everyone. ...Year of Yes is
a book about the shifts taking place in Hollywood right now, and in
the world right now, in the guise of a friendly memoir. It is, like
Shondaland itself, making a statement. It is insisting that it is
time for the people who used to be invisible to come forward and be
seen."
--Atlantic.com
"Rhimes' familiar, conversational writing style makes the book a
more accessible Lean In, a self-help book and personal journal all
rolled into one."
--TVGuide.com
"Shamelessly entertaining...an antic, funny and surprisingly funky
portrait of what it's like to be one of the most fascinating forces
in contemporary network television."
-- Buffalo News (Editor's Choice Review)
"Small, charmingly odd, inspirational stories...Quite simply, it's
a book about how she learned to take care of herself, and how you
might be able to as well. Welcome your new life coach, Shonda
Rhimes."
-- Vulture
"There's real value in the experiences Rhimes shares... When, for
example, she discusses learning to take better care of herself, the
memoir feels honest, raw and revelatory."
-- The Washington Post
"This memoir/call to arms from the one-woman force behind Grey's
Anatomy, Scandal, and How to Get Away With Murder is basically a
New Year's resolution between two covers. Wherever you're going,
bring it with you."
-- Bloomberg Businessweek
"You'll want to standup and cheer when she takes control, remakes
her life, and learns to loveherself."
--Buzzfeed.com
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