Year of Yes, Shonda Rhimes
Year of Yes, Shonda Rhimes
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Year of Yes
How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person

Author: Shonda Rhimes

Narrator: Shonda Rhimes

Unabridged: 7 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/10/2015


Synopsis

2017 Audie Award Finalist for Audiobook of the Year

The instant New York Times bestseller from the creator of Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal and executive producer of How to Get Away With Murder shares how saying YES changed her life. “As fun to read as Rhimes’s TV series are to watch” (Los Angeles Times).

She’s the creator and producer of some of the most groundbreaking and audacious shows on television today. Her iconic characters live boldly and speak their minds. So who would suspect that Shonda Rhimes is an introvert? That she hired a publicist so she could avoid public appearances? That she suffered panic attacks before media interviews?

With three children at home and three hit television shows, it was easy for Shonda to say she was simply too busy. But in truth, she was also afraid. And then, over Thanksgiving dinner, her sister muttered something that was both a wake up and a call to arms: You never say yes to anything. Shonda knew she had to embrace the challenge: for one year, she would say YES to everything that scared her.

This poignant, intimate, and hilarious memoir explores Shonda’s life before her Year of Yes—from her nerdy, book-loving childhood to her devotion to creating television characters who reflected the world she saw around her. The book chronicles her life after her Year of Yes had begun—when Shonda forced herself out of the house and onto the stage; when she learned to explore, empower, applaud, and love her truest self. Yes.

“Honest, raw, and revelatory” (The Washington Post), this wildly candid and compulsively readable book reveals how the mega talented Shonda Rhimes finally achieved badassery worthy of a Shondaland character. Best of all, she “can help motivate even the most determined homebody to get out and try something new” (Chicago Tribune).

About Shonda Rhimes

Shonda Rhimes is an award-winning television creator, producer, author, and CEO of global media company Shondaland. She is the first woman to create three television dramas—Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, and Scandal—that achieved the 100-episode milestone. For five seasons, Shondaland shows dominated ABC's Thursday night lineup, creating the powerful TGIT brand. In 2017, Rhimes shifted the entertainment industry's business model by leaving network television for an exclusive Netflix partnership. Bridgerton, her first Netflix series, became a worldwide franchise with seasons holding three of Netflix's top ten English-language spots. She also created Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, Inventing Anna, and executive produced The Residence and documentaries Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker and Black Barbie. She founded The Rhimes Foundation supporting arts, education, and activism, and serves on boards including the American Film Institute, Debbie Allen Dance Academy, Dartmouth College, Lincoln Center, and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. She also serves on special committees for the USC Film Council and Obama Foundation. A three-time Time 100 honoree, Rhimes has been appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire as well as inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Terrie

"Year of Yes" by Shonda Rhimes is how 'YES' changed her life! I watched Shonda Rhimes' Ted Talk about her "Year of Yes" a little bitty while ago. I became curious-er and curious-er as to why on earth she would do something as crazy as that. Jeez! Can you imagine saying yes to everything for an entire......more

Goodreads review by Lucy

It was OK - it wasn't what I expected it to be.... an inspiring tale of someone taking on the world with one simple response to any question - "YES!". It was sadly more egotistical and focused around a handful of experiences within that year - no doubt profound to Shonda, but not thoroughly inspirin......more

Goodreads review by Heidi

Shonda Rhimes' heartfelt memoir about the power of embracing who you are and having the courage to set aside what you are not. Though outwardly successful, Shonda was miserable. Between over-working and her introverted tendencies, she turned down every invitation and social event. The ones that she w......more

Goodreads review by Jenny

Dear Ms. Shonda Rhimes, I want to be your friend. You don't know me but I want to be your friend. Since I'm requesting a friendship I should start by being honest first. I'm sorry but I've never watch any of your show. And I have to apology again since I will unlikely watch them in the future. It's......more