Overserved: The Lucky Life of the Office Drunk

In this hilariously offbeat memoir, actress and “late bloomer” Kate Flannery shares her crawl to fame, from waiting on Hollywood’s rich and famous to getting her big break at age forty when she landed the role of Meredith, everyone’s favorite drunk on NBC’s hit comedy series, The Office.

An Irish American bar owner’s daughter, Kate was born to play a TV drunk. Before landing her breakout role as Meredith Palmer on The Office, Kate worked tirelessly as a waitress, back-up singer, movie extra,...