Life's Short, Talk Fast

National BestsellerFifteen leading writers explore what Gilmore Girls means to them in this delightful celebration of a contemporary TV classic.Fast-talking, warm-hearted, and endlessly rewatchable, Gilmore Girls has bonded real-life mothers and daughters since 2000, when its iconic pilot introduced us to Lorelai, Rory, and their idyllic Connecticut town of Stars Hollow. More than twenty years later, it has become one of the most-streamed TV shows, ever.In an anthology as intimate and quick-witted as Gilmore Girls itself, best-selling author Ann Hood invites fifteen writers to investigate their personal relationships to the show. (Its a show? Its a lifestyle. Its a religion.) Joanna Rakoff considers how Emily Gilmore helped her understand her own mother; Sanjena Sathian sees herselfand Asian American defiancein Lane Kim; Freya North connects with her son through the show; Francesco Sedita discovers an antidote to pandemic loneliness; Nina de Gramont offers a comic ode to the unreality of Stars Hollow. For anyone who identifies as Team Logan, Team Jess, or even Team Dean, Lifes Short, Talk Fast reveals what Gilmore Girls tells us about ourselvesand why it matters.This publication has not been prepared, approved, or licensed by Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.; Warner Bros Television; or any other entity or individual associated with the creation or production of Gilmore Girls.