Talking As Fast As I Can

A 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.

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, "Did you, um, make it?" She opens up about the
challenges of being single in Hollywood ("Strangers 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 onProject Runway ("It's like I
had a fashion-induced blackout").

In "What 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 "What 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 ("If 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 ("My 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.

Don't miss Lauren Graham's book of advice for graduates and reflections on
staying true to yourself , IN CONCLUSION, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.