{"id":338922,"date":"2015-09-28T18:46:28","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T10:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/girl-power-books-favourite-funnywomen-338922.html"},"modified":"2019-05-03T15:51:30","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T07:51:30","slug":"girl-power-books-favourite-funnywomen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/culture-hk\/entertainment-hk\/books-hk-2\/girl-power-books-favourite-funnywomen-338922.html","title":{"rendered":"Girl Power: 10 Books by our favourite funny women"},"content":{"rendered":"  <p>We couldn\u2019t get enough of Mindy Kaling\u2019s 2011 memoir <em>\u201cIs Everyone Hanging Out with Me?\u201d<\/em> and now, after four years it is finally getting a sequel in the form of Kaling\u2019s new book, <em>\u201cWhy Not Me?\u201d<\/em><\/p> <p>Kaling, who we all know as Mindy Lahiri from <em>The Mindy Project<\/em>, is one of the few women of colour starring in her own show. Her last book covered her childhood, breaking into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/culture\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/leading-ladies-highest-paid-actresses-hollywood-120699.html\">Hollywood <\/a>and her time as Kelly Kapoor on <em>The Office<\/em>. <em>\u201cWhy Not Me?\u201d <\/em>follows the same lighthearted tone and discusses Kaling\u2019s experiences with dating, friendship and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/healthy-practices\/wellbeing-tips\/top-5-tips-love-body-126473.html\">body image<\/a>. Lighthearted, funny and genuinely sincere, Kaling manages to sound like your chatty best friend even while name-dropping.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p> <p>Kaling isn\u2019t the only comedienne that can conjure up a bestselling book. Plenty of funny gals have let us into their lives by penning their own hilarious memoirs. We list 10 books written by our favourite <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/culture\/entertainment\/catwalk-camera-10-models-turned-actresses-94855.html\">comediennes turned bestselling authors.<\/a><\/p> <p><em>Amanda Lim<\/em><\/p> <p><em>Photos: Getty Images<\/em><\/p> <h2> <span>Read More:<\/span> <\/h2> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/beauty\/get-the-look\/face-of-the-day-beauty\/fotd-jessica-chastain-2015-metropolitan-opera-127920.html\">FOTD: Jessica Chastain at the 2015 Metropolitan Opera<\/a><\/p> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/fashion\/trends-and-tips\/the-right-accessory\/15-spring-2016-bags-already-lusting-127941.html\">15 Spring 2016 bags we\u2019re already lusting over<\/a><\/p> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/beauty\/beauty-sos\/beauty-tips-and-tricks\/20-great-new-ways-wear-grandmother-comb-127988.html\">20 Great new ways to wear the grandmother comb<\/a><\/p>   ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women aren\u2019t funny? 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