Books by Cecily Strong
“Many of the short chapters are addressed to Strong’s young cousin, Owen, who dies of brain cancer just as COVID starts spreading in New York City…This Will All Be Over Soon is a short book by a highly emotional person who often provides a blow-by-blow account of her feelings. Strong describes having a lot of anxiety and depression which make it difficult for her to get perspective on her emotions.” Read more...
The Best New Celebrity Memoirs
Sharon Marcus, Literary Scholar
Interviews where books by Cecily Strong were recommended
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Will
by Will Smith and Mark Manson -
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Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement
by Tarana Burke -
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This Much Is True
by Miriam Margolyes -
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This Will All Be Over Soon: A Memoir
by Cecily Strong -
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Act Like You Got Some Sense: And Other Things My Daughters Taught Me
by Jamie Foxx and Nick Chiles
The Best New Celebrity Memoirs, recommended by Sharon Marcus
The Best New Celebrity Memoirs, recommended by Sharon Marcus
While it’s easy to dismiss celebrity memoirs as offering cheap, voyeuristic thrills into the lives of famous people we like the look of, when they’re done well, they can give insight into challenges we all grapple with as human beings. They can also be very funny. Sharon Marcus, professor of literature at Columbia University and author of The Drama of Celebrity, recommends the best new celebrity memoirs.
