Overserved: The Lucky Life of the Office Drunk

In this offbeat comedy memoir, actress and late bloomer Kate Flannery—best known as Meredith Palmer on NBC’s hit series, The Office—shares her journey from waiting on Hollywood’s rich and famous to getting her big break at age forty.

As 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, off-Broadway actor, host and comedian, grinding day...