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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER € In this collection of personal essays, the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood reveals stories about life, love, and working as a woman in Hollywood€"along with behind-the-scenes dispatches from the set of the new Gilmore Girls, where she plays the fast-talking Lorelai Gilmore once again.

With a new bonus chapter

In Talking as Fast as I Can, Lauren Graham hits pause for a moment and looks back on her life, sharing laugh-out-loud stories about growing up, starting out as an actress, and, years later, sitting in her trailer on the Parenthood set and asking herself, €œDid you, um, make it?€ She opens up about the challenges of being single in Hollywood (€œStrangers were worried about me; that€s how long I was single!€), the time she was asked to audition her butt for a role, and her experience being a judge on Project Runway (€œIt€s like I had a fashion-induced blackout€).

In €œWhat It Was Like, Part One,€ Graham sits down for an epic Gilmore Girls marathon and reflects on being cast as the fast-talking Lorelai Gilmore. The essay €œWhat It Was Like, Part Two€ reveals how it felt to pick up the role again nine years later, and what doing so has meant to her.

Some more things you will learn about Lauren: She once tried to go vegan just to bond with Ellen DeGeneres, she€s aware that meeting guys at awards shows has its pitfalls (€œIf you€re meeting someone for the first time after three hours of hair, makeup, and styling, you€ve already set the bar too high€), and she€s a card-carrying REI shopper (€œMy bungee cords now earn points!€).

Including photos and excerpts from the diary Graham kept during the filming of the recent Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, this book is like a cozy night in, catching up with your best friend, laughing and swapping stories, and€"of course€"talking as fast as you can.