Zusatztext Wilson's humorous literary voice tells the story of growing up as a young female in the spotlight (and eventually stepping out of it) and the road of self-acceptance! discovery and everything in between. BuzzFeed "[Wilson] returns as a talented writer with this collection of essays." Entertainment Weekly! "15 Books You Have to Read in September" "Funny [and] insightful." GoodReads! "Best Books of the Month" "Wilson has left the acting (almost) completely behind and moved on to become a talented writer and playwright." Bustle!"12 Memoirs By Badass Women to Add To Your Wishlist in Fall 2016" "Candid...witty and insightful. A-" InTouch "Contains engaging! poignant accounts of the actress-turned-storyteller's struggles to find her identity after losing her mother and Hollywood's adoration...Wilson covers difficult topics but can leaven a painful anecdote with incisive wit...When fans ask for a picture with her! she panics: 'I don't photograph well! and...they're going to put it on the Internet! where not everyone knows I'm funny and charming and generally a decent person.' And that's exactly how she comes across in this memoir." ShelfAwareness "Lyrical and affecting . . . humorous! relatable! and ultimately real. . . [ Where Am I Now? ] is more than just another Hollywood memoir; it is a truly refreshing coming-of-age story." Library Journal "A heartfelt portrait . . . [Mara Wilson] has experienced a great many highs as well as lows in her young life! and she shares them all with honesty! humor! and humility." Publishers Weekly "A coming-of-age story that is not only entertaining! but also wise. . . . A readably candid! sharp memoir." Kirkus Reviews "Uplifting...charming and accessible." Booklist "Refreshingly earnest...If Where Am I Now? and its biting wit and charming self-awareness is anything to go by! [Wilson is] very easily running in the same league as the Lena Dunhams! Rachel Blooms and Ilana Glazers of the world." National Post (Canada) Growing up! I wanted to BE Mara Wilson. I always loved that she portrayed strong characters! especially as a female! even as a young child. Where Am I Now? is a delight. Ilana Glazer! co-creator and star of Broad City Genuine and authentic! funny and heartbreaking! Where Am I Now? is a book that reminds you that no matter how unique your life is! some things bind us all together. Jenny Lawson! author of Furiously Happy and Let's Pretend this Never Happened Former child star Mara Wilson has grown up to be a moving! funny! and thoughtful storyteller. Well! not up . As I understand it! she's still approximately the same height. Megan Amram! author of Sciencefor Her! You don't have to be a fellow neurotic Jew who grew up in Southern California to adore this book. Though Mara Wilson's childhood was unique! the themes of Where Am I Now? are universal. Rachel Bloom! creator and star of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Informationen zum Autor Mara Wilson is a writer, playwright, actor, and storyteller perhaps best known as the little girl from Mrs. Doubtfire , Miracle on 34th Street , and Matilda . A graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, she regularly appears at live storytelling and comedy shows, including her own, What Are You Afraid Of? . Her writing can be found on Jezebel , The Toast , McSweeney's , the Daily Beast , and Cracked.com, and on her blog, MaraWilsonWritesStuff.com. A voice actor on the podcast Welcome to Night Vale , she will guest star on upcoming episodes of Broad City and BoJack Horseman . She lives in New York City. Klappentext "Thoughtfully traces [Mara Wilson's] journey from child actress ...

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Mara Wilson is a writer, playwright, actor, and storyteller perhaps best known as the little girl from Mrs. Doubtfire, Miracle on 34th Street, and Matilda. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, she regularly appears at live storytelling and comedy shows, including her own, What Are You Afraid Of?. Her writing can be found on Jezebel, The Toast, McSweeney’s, the Daily Beast, and Cracked.com, and on her blog, MaraWilsonWritesStuff.com. A voice actor on the podcast Welcome to Night Vale, she will guest star on upcoming episodes of Broad City and BoJack Horseman. She lives in New York City.

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"Thoughtfully traces [Mara Wilson's] journey from child actress to Hollywood dropout...Who is she now? She's a writer." -NPR's "Guide To 2016's Great Reads"

"Growing up, I wanted to be Mara Wilson. Where Am I Now? is a delight." -Ilana Glazer, cocreator and star of Broad City

Named a best book of the month by GoodReads and Entertainment Weekly

A former child actor best known for her starring roles in Matilda and Mrs. Doubtfire, Mara Wilson has always felt a little young and out of place: as the only kid on a film set full of adults, the first daughter in a house full of boys, a Valley girl in New York and a neurotic in California, and a grown-up the world still remembers as a little girl. Tackling everything from what she learned about sex on the set of Melrose Place, to discovering in adolescence that she was no longer "cute" enough for Hollywood, these essays chart her journey from accidental fame to relative (but happy) obscurity. They also illuminate universal struggles, like navigating love and loss, and figuring out who you are and where you belong. Candid, insightful, moving, and hilarious, Where Am I Now? introduces Mara Wilson as a brilliant new chronicler of the experience that is growing up female.

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The Junior Anti-Sex League

My mother could not have picked a worse time to teach me about sex.

One night, when I was five years old, she turned on the TV to a special about sex education. Kids my brother Danny’s age were holding bags of flour, calling them their “babies,” and scrambling to find “babysitters” for them.

"Why are they doing that?" I said.

"They're learning about babies, how to take care of them, and how they're made," she said.

"Oh." I knew the last part: they were made in their mothers' bellies. I had seen my mother pregnant with my sister. But now the kids on the screen were in a classroom, and a teacher was talking to them about cells and body parts.

"What's she talking about?" I said.

"She's explaining sex to them."

I had heard that word before. I knew it was a loaded term, something grown-ups only said in whispers. "What is that?"

"It's how you make a baby," she said, and went on to describe the most absurd, unappealing process I could imagine.

She had always believed in telling children the truth, at least to the extent that they were capable of understanding. She was open about private parts and calling them by their real names. Her instincts about openness and honesty were right on, but still, I was horrified.

"You did that?" I blurted out. She nodded, and with a sickening feeling I counted up myself, my brothers and sister, and realized she must have done it at least five times.

"Any other questions?"

I had only one more. "When you did it, did you say 'Whoa'?"

My mother had the best of intentions. She made it clear this was not something to be discussed in polite company, that it needed to be kept a secret. But I had a tendency to blurt out secrets. I have always been compulsively honest, and usually at the wrong times. Five months earlier I had ruined my father's birthday surprise party by asking, "You don't know about our cakes, right?"

Objectively speaking, sex seemed shockingly gross and ridiculous. But as the shock wore off, the world felt different. I could tell that sex was a Big Deal. It was something new and exciting, a secret grown-ups kept to themselves. Just knowing about it made me feel powerful. I had to tell someone.

And I had a big scene on the set of Mrs. Doubtfire the next day.

It was not my mother who had gotte…