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Zosia Mamet

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From the singular mind of Zosia Mamet, a collection of charmingly witty and achingly vulnerable essays about the challenge and magic of growing up in show business
You may know Mamet from her singular role as Shoshanna on Girls, or for being one of Hollywood's original nepo babies (or as she calls it, "a B-minus nepo baby, a nepito baby if you will"). What you might not know is that as a toddler she visited theaters where her mom was rehearsing, crawling around on the floor and scrunching herself between seats; that she earnestly believed in Santa Claus for way too long as a way to escape relentless childhood bullying; that she spent years navigating grueling body image issues in hopes of succeeding in Hollywood; and that she was so overwhelmed and overjoyed when finally meeting her idol David Sedaris, that she hid in the bathroom and melted into a "puddle of glitter".
By turns charmingly witty and achingly vulnerable, the essays in AT LEAST IT MAKES FOR A GOOD STORY introduce us to Mamet in all her gloryfrom her early days growing up in literary and dramatic circles, to her years as a young adult pining for acceptance and love, to her early attempts to make it as an actor, to where she, and Shosh, are now.

Zosia Mamet is perhaps best known for her starring role in the Emmy-and Golden Globe Award-winning HBO series Girls, and her role in the Emmy-nominated HBO Max series The Flight Attendant. When she isn't on screen you can find her at the barn riding her horse, or at home with her husband and snuggling their dog.
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Published 2025-09-09 by Viking

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Zosia is an incredible actress in the same ways she shines here as an incredible writer - hilarious, open-hearted, and full of courage.. No matter the love you may have for Zosia Mamet and the roles she has played, her willingness to show you her insides in these essays - the singular way in which she sees the world and how she contends with her own fears, insecurities, and longing for love that come along with her role of simply being human - will make you love her even more.

Funny and moving. Contains some of the best descriptions of acting since Al Pacino's Sonny Boy.

Zosia Mamet's essays are sometimes hilarious and sometimes poignant; often, they are both. As an actress and nepo baby - a 'B minus one at best' - she gives us a front-row seat to what it was like to grow up in the entertainment industry, and somehow manages to make this rarefied experience deeply relatable. Ninety-nine percent of girl readers will wince in recognition.

Zosia Mamet is a wildly unique unicorn who grew up in the wildest, most nontraditional circumstances, who somehow manages to also be relatable, if not the readers best friend. Her book gives unprecedented access to inside the castle of showbusiness, while also having the semi universal experience of how to go through life as -gasp- a girl. This book is a must for all girls and everyone who knows a girl.

Zosia makes you laugh and then breaks your heart and then makes you laugh again in this beautifully honest and brutally hilarious collection of essays. Her tales of relationship and show biz heartbreaks and triumphs are wildly personal and yet incredibly relatable. I didn't want the stories to end!