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

With three hit television shows and three children at home, the uber-talented Shonda Rhimes had lots of good reasons to say NO when an unexpected invitation arrived. Then Shonda’s sister laid down a challenge: just for one year, try to say YES to the unexpected invitations that come your way. She reluctantly agreed --- and the result was nothing short of transformative. In YEAR OF YES, Shonda chronicles the powerful impact saying YES had on every aspect of her life --- and how we can all change our lives with that one little word.

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Week of September 12, 2016

Paperback releases for the week of September 12th include YEAR OF YES, a poignant, intimate and hilarious memoir in which Shonda Rhimes, the creator of "Grey’s Anatomy" and "Scandal" and executive producer of "How to Get Away with Murder," reveals how saying YES changed her life --- and how it can change yours too; THE LAST MILE by David Baldacci, which marks the return of Detective Amos Decker --- the man who can forget nothing --- who readers first met last year in MEMORY MAN; and the graphic memoir CAN'T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT?, Roz Chast's account of the last several years of her aging parents' lives, told through four-color cartoons, family photos and documents.

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