Autobiography

This Will All Be Over Soon: A Memoir

This Will All Be Over Soon: A Memoir

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  • Create Date：2021-08-05 07:20:57
  • Update Date：2025-09-07
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  • Author：Cecily Strong
  • ISBN：B08TKFH8KX
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Reviews

Jill ，

Cecily Strong wrote this book from the depths of her heart and it reads that way on every page。 This book really makes you remember how important family is and how pain doesn’t last forever。 You feel like you grow with her while reading passages from what feels like her journal。 An emotional， beautiful journey of the authors life that’s easy to read for all levels of readers。

Amanda ，

Cecily Strong is probably most notably persistent in our lives as she goes viral on a weekly basis after a sensational， hilarious performance on Saturday Night Live。 This book， while it has its humorous moments， is definitely sensational， but more heart-wrenching than hilarious。The memoir is told in a series of diary-like entries where Strong splays heart and guts open for the reader to comb through with her。 She discusses her grief of losing her cousin to brain cancer while being terribly isola Cecily Strong is probably most notably persistent in our lives as she goes viral on a weekly basis after a sensational， hilarious performance on Saturday Night Live。 This book， while it has its humorous moments， is definitely sensational， but more heart-wrenching than hilarious。The memoir is told in a series of diary-like entries where Strong splays heart and guts open for the reader to comb through with her。 She discusses her grief of losing her cousin to brain cancer while being terribly isolated and alone in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic， and while the reader can *feel* the loneliness， we simultaneously feel like we're with her the whole way。The vulnerability and rawness of Strong's memoir is exactly as striking as any of her performances， and as a fan of hers， as well as Saturday Night Live， I don't say this lightly。 Strong's book intermingles the crippling reality of anxiety and depression， intermingled with long-ago stories of her youth， not-so-long-ago stories of her blossoming romance， and just-a-minute-ago stories of her heartbreak as loss after loss rips through her in what she calls the worst year of her life。But maybe， she suggests， the worst year of your life can also be the best year of your life。 I really hope so， for all of us。There's something so lovely about the way Cecily writes this memoir， like you're talking to an old friend who goes on segues in the middle， but always winds it back around to The Point。 While not necessarily poetic prose， Strong writes in a way that will connect to all kinds of readers and all kinds of people in one fell swoop。 She really is so special， and this book is proof。 。。。more

Ruth ，

Cecily Strong from Saturday Night Live recounts her year of Quarantine， at the beginning of which she lost her beloved cousin Owen to brain cancer。The book is told in a series of diary entries and much of it seems to jump all over the place。 On one page， she is recounting scenarios with Owen， his sister and his partner; on the next page， she is reeling from estrangement from her beau because of his own Covid-19 diagnosis and need for quarantine。I understand her desire to chronicle the harrowing Cecily Strong from Saturday Night Live recounts her year of Quarantine， at the beginning of which she lost her beloved cousin Owen to brain cancer。The book is told in a series of diary entries and much of it seems to jump all over the place。 On one page， she is recounting scenarios with Owen， his sister and his partner; on the next page， she is reeling from estrangement from her beau because of his own Covid-19 diagnosis and need for quarantine。I understand her desire to chronicle the harrowing year 2020。 It's clear that several major changes were happening for Strong simultaneously: the death of her cousin from cancer， the death of SNL colleague from Covid-19， her most recent beau's illness from Covid-19， and her loneliness as she sequestered herself in Hudson Valley through it all。I would have been able to follow the narrative more easily if the transitions between these simultaneous traumas had been written more succinctly。Thanks to Edelweiss for eARC in exchange for honest review。 。。。more