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03977aam a2200529 i 4500 001 81D4351267FB11EE94078C7E4CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231011010036 008 230717s2023 nyua b 000 0aeng 010 $a 2023023214 020 $a 1668013304 020 $a 9781668013304 035 $a (OCoLC)1390702412 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d TnLvILS $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PN1992.4.S283 $b A3 2023 100 1 $a Schneider, Amy, $d 1979- $e author. 245 10 $a In the form of a question : $b the joys and rewards of a curious life / $c Amy Schneider. 246 30 $a Joys and rewards of a curious life 250 $a First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Avid Reader Press, $c 2023. 300 $a xii, 221 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Author's note -- How did you get so smart? -- When did you know you were trans? -- What's your name? -- What teachers made a difference to you? -- What's it like to be famous? -- Why must the show go on? -- How did you tell your friends? -- What if they let a girl be in Boy Scouts? -- What's it like having ADD? -- What is polyamory? -- What is the greatest animated television show of all time? -- Why is there so much drama around bathrooms? -- Why do you do tarot? -- Why in God's name did they make Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue? -- Okay then, so what have your experiences with drugs been like? -- So if you're trans, does that mean you like guys? -- How did you and Genevieve meet? -- How did you lose your virginity? -- What is mental health? -- What is a home? -- Did your parents ever give you "the talk"? -- What did you win on Jeopardy!? 520 $a "An inspirational and bold memoir from the most successful woman ever to compete on Jeopardy!--and an exploration of what it means to ask questions of the world and of yourself. ANSWER: Who Is Amy Schneider? In eighth grade, Amy was voted 'Most likely to appear on Jeopardy!' by her classmates. Decades later, this trailblazer finally got her chance. Not only did she walk away with $1.3 million while captivating the world with her impressive forty-game winning streak, but she made history and won an even greater prize--the joy of being herself on national television and blazing a trail for openly queer and transgender people around the world. Now, she shares her singular journey that led to becoming an unlikely icon and hero to millions. Her super power: boundless curiosity and fearless questioning. In the Form of a Question explores some of the innumerable topics that have fascinated Amy throughout her life--books and music, Tarot and astrology, popular culture and computers, sex and relationships--but they all share the same purpose: to illustrate, and celebrate, the results of a lifetime spent asking, why?"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 7 $a Television personalities $v Biography. $2 Sears 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 776 08 $i Online version: $a Schneider, Amy, 1979- $t In the form of a question $b First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition. $d New York : Avid Reader Press, 2023 $z 9781668013328 $w (DLC) 2023023215 941 $a 16 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509013003.0 952 $l GHPD771 $d 20240502012616.0 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20240416010427.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409045014.0 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314025918.0 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305022553.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20240106010633.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20240104032618.0 952 $l ENPC715 $d 20240104011917.0 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20231121011550.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20231114010447.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20231102013551.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20231102012400.0 952 $l TFPI826 $d 20231102012206.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20231102010523.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20231017010655.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=81D4351267FB11EE94078C7E4CECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search