A New York Times bestseller
A candid, compulsively readable, hilarious, and heartbreaking memoir
of resilience and redemption by comedic genius Molly Shannon
At age four, Molly Shannon's world was shattered when she lost her
mother, baby sister, and cousin in a car accident with her father at the
wheel. Held together by her tender and complicated relationship with her
grieving father, Molly was raised in a permissive household where her
gift for improvising and role-playing blossomed alongside the
fearlessness that would lead her to become a celebrated actress.
From there, Molly ventured into the wider world of New York and Los
Angeles show business, where she created her own opportunities and
developed her daring and empathetic comedy. Filled with
behind-the-scenes stories involving everyone from Whitney Houston to
Adam Sandler to Monica Lewinsky, many told for the first time here,
Hello, Molly! spans Molly's time on Saturday Night Live--where she
starred alongside Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, Cheri Oteri, Tracy Morgan,
and Jimmy Fallon, among many others. At the same time, it explores with
humor and candor her struggle to come to terms with the legacy of her
father, a man who both fostered her gifts and drive and was left with
the impossible task of raising his kids alone after the loss of her
mother.
Witty, winning, and told with tremendous energy and heart, Hello,
Molly!, written with Sean Wilsey, sheds new and revelatory light on the
life and work of one of our most talented and free-spirited performers.
