Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person

In her new memoir, Hollywood writer and producer Rhimes, creator of Grey’s Anatomy and other hit TV series, recounts a self-improvement project to step out of her personal and professional comfort zone, embracing opportunities for growth and positive change. As narrator, Rhimes delivers a home run with her poised, down-to-earth style of delivery. She effectively uses annunciation to bring context to her self-esteem metaphors and mantras, several of which—like “dance it out”—she has included in her TV shows. Her confessional tone shines through in numerous funny yet insightful anecdotes. In one especially memorable example of empowerment, she maintains her sanity as a single mother by saying no to a request from her children’s school that parents provide only homemade items for bake sales. As an added bonus, the audio edition includes recordings of several recent high-profile public speeches that Rhimes references in her narrative—speeches that Rhimes says she would have declined in previous years. [em]A Simon & Schuster. (Nov.) [/em]