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Managing expectations : a memoir in essays / Minnie Driver.

Driver, Minnie, (author.). Driver, Minnie. Container of (work) : Surprise. (Added Author). Driver, Minnie. Container of (work) : I'm going to Miami. (Added Author). Driver, Minnie. Container of (work) : Butterfly hair. (Added Author). Driver, Minnie. Container of (work) : Other people's drugs. (Added Author). Driver, Minnie. Container of (work) : Settling dust and the sound of crickets. (Added Author). Driver, Minnie. Container of (work) : Weekend away. (Added Author). Driver, Minnie. Container of (work) : You're it. (Added Author). Driver, Minnie. Container of (work) : Here, there, and everywhere. (Added Author). Driver, Minnie. Container of (work) : Sea-based incursion. (Added Author). Driver, Minnie. Container of (work) : Daffodils. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780063115309
ISBN: 0063115301
ISBN: 9780063115316
ISBN: 006311531X
Physical Description: 276 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Surprise -- I'm going to Miami -- Butterfly hair -- Other people's drugs -- Settling dust and the sound of crickets -- A weekend away -- You're it -- Here, there, and everywhere -- Sea-based incursion -- Daffodils.

Summary, etc.:

"A charming, poignant, unfiltered, laugh-out-loud memoir in essays from beloved actor and natural-born storyteller Minnie Driver, chronicling the way life works out even when it doesn't"-- Provided by publisher.

Writing with charm and candor, Driver chronicles her childhood and her unconventional career path. Throughout she explores navigating the depths of failure, fighting for success, discovering the wonder and challenge of motherhood, and wading through immeasurable grief. Driver reminds us of the way life works out-- even when it doesn't. -- adapted from jacket