"Illuminating." --The Washington Post * "Candid and relatable."
--Time *"Riveting and personal." --Mindy Kaling * "Captivatingly
immediate." --The Skimm *
A "poignant, frank, and intimate" (The New York Times) memoir by
actress Constance Wu about family, love, sex, shame, trauma, and how she
found her voice.
Growing up in the friendly suburbs of Richmond, Virginia, Constance Wu
was often scolded for having big feelings or strong reactions. "Good
girls don't make scenes," people warned her. And while she spent most of
her childhood suppressing her bold, emotional nature, she found an early
outlet in community theater--it was the one place where big feelings
were okay--were good, even. Acting became her refuge, and eventually her
vocation. At eighteen she moved to New York, where she'd spend the next
ten years of her life auditioning, waiting tables, and struggling to
make rent before her two big breaks: the TV sitcom Fresh Off the Boat
and the hit film Crazy Rich Asians.
Here Constance shares private memories of childhood, young love and
heartbreak, sexual assault and harassment, and how she "made it" in
Hollywood. Raw, relatable, and enthralling, Making a Scene is an
intimate portrait of the pressures and pleasures of existing in today's
world.
