演員吳恬敏以真誠筆觸，回顧她成長過程中的家庭關係、情感掙扎與演藝歷程。從壓抑情緒的乖女孩，到在舞台上找到發聲的自由，她一步步走過低潮、試鏡與等待，終於站上聚光燈。這是一本坦率動人的回憶錄，也是一段尋找自我與勇氣的旅程。“Illuminating.” —The Washington Post * “Candid and relatable.” —Time *“Riveting and personal.” —Mindy Kaling * “Captivatingly immediate.” —The Skimm *A “poignant, frank, and intimate” (The New York Times) memoir by actress Constance Wu about family, love, sex, shame, trauma, and how she found her voice.Growing up in the friendly suburbs of Richmond, Virginia, Constance Wu was often scolded for having big feelings or strong reactions. “Good girls don’t make scenes,” people warned her. And while she spent most of her childhood suppressing her bold, emotional nature, she found an early outlet in community theater—it was the one place where big feelings were okay—were good, even. Acting became her refuge, and eventually her vocation. At eighteen she moved to New York, where she’d spend the next ten years of her life auditioning, waiting tables, and struggling to make rent before her
