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03594aam a22004578i 4500 001 7B8D39B2B1B511EDA9C6D5341FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230221010051 008 221206s2023 nyu 000 0aeng 010 $a 2022057099 020 $a 0593443438 020 $a 9780593443439 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a PN2287.R2466 $b A3 2023 082 00 $2 23/eng/20221206 100 1 $a Rannells, Andrew, $e author. $9 151655 245 10 $a UNCLE OF THE YEAR / $b & OTHER DEBATABLE TRIUMPHS $c Andrew Rannells. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2305 264 1 $a New York : $b Crown, $c [2023] 300 $a pages cm 500 $a 2023/05/16 520 $a "Candid, hilarious essays from the star of The Book of Mormon, Girls, and Big Mouth on anxiety, ambition, and the uncertain path to adulthood, which ask, how will we know when we get there? In Uncle of the Year, Andrew Rannells wonders: If he, now in hisearly forties, has everything he's supposed to need to be a true adult-a career, property, a well-tailored suit-why does he still feel like an anxious twenty-year-old climbing his way toward security? Is it because he hasn't won a Tony, or found a husband, or had a child? And what if he doesn't want those things? (A husband and a child, that is. He wants a Tony.) In essays drawn from his life and career, Rannells argues that we all pretend we are constantly winning. And with each success, we act like we've reached the pinnacle of happiness (for our parents), maturity (for our friends), success (for our bosses), and devotion (for our partners). But if "adulting" is just a pantomime that's leaving us unmoored, then we need new markers of time, new milestones, new expectations of what adulthood is-and can be. Along the way, Rannells looks back, reevaluating whether his triumphs were actually failures-and his failures, triumphs-and exploring what it will take to ever, ever feel like he has enough. In essays like "Uncle of the Year," he explores the role that children play in his life, as a man who never thought having kids was necessary or even possible-until his siblings have kids and he falls in love with a man with two of his own. "It's an Honor to Be Eligible" reveals the thrills and absurdities of the awards circuit (and the desire to be recognized for your work). And in "Horses, Not Zebras," he shares the piece of wisdom that helped him finally come to terms with crippling anxiety and perfectionism. Filled with witty and honest insights, and a sharp sense of humor, Uncle of the Year challenges us to take a long look at who we're pretending to be, who we know we are, and who we want to become"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Rannells, Andrew. $9 151655 650 0 $a Actors $z United States $v Biography. $9 80518 650 0 $a Singers $z United States $v Biography. $9 80582 650 0 $a Gay actors $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Gay singers $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Gay men $z United States $v Biography. $9 84703 655 7 $a Essays. $2 lcgft $9 131056 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft $9 145492 776 08 $i Online version: 776 08 $a Rannells, Andrew. $t Uncle of the year $d New York : Crown, 2023 $z 9780593443446 $w (DLC) 2022057100 941 $a 6 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314025456.0 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20240118010326.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20231206014537.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20230706010433.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20230607010108.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20230509010139.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7B8D39B2B1B511EDA9C6D5341FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search