It took Bonnie McFarlane a lot of time, effort, and tequila to get to where she is today. In this memoir, Bonnie tells it like it is and lays bare all of her smart (and her not-so-smart) decisions along her way to finding her comedic...
Women comedians
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Author:McFarlane, BonnieSummary: -
Author:Klein, JessiSummary:Both a tomboy and a late bloomer, Jessi Klein grew up feeling like an observer rather than a participant in the rites of modern femininity. This is a funny collection of real-life stories in which Klein explores the milestones of the...
- Author:Gadsby, HannahSummary:
The memoir from Australia's much-loved comedian, Hannah Gadsby, whose stand-up show and self-described swan-song, Nanette, played to sold-out houses in Australia, the UK and the US. Its launch on Netflix, and subsequent Emmy and...
- Author:Higgins, MaeveSummary:
As an eternally curious outsider, Maeve Higgins can see that the United States is still an experiment. Some parts work well and others really don’t, but that doesn't stop her from loving the place and the people that make it. With...
- Author:Bamford, MariaSummary:
From "weird, scary, ingenious" (The New York Times) stand-up comedian Maria Bamford, an instant New York Times bestselling, brutally honest, and "laugh-out-loud funny" (Jennette McCurdy, #1 New York Times bestselling...
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Author:Esposito, CameronSummary:Cameron Esposito wanted to be a priest and ended up a standup comic. In this memoir, she tells the whole, freaking queer as hell story.
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Author:Kemper, EllieSummary:Comedian and star of The Office and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Ellie Kemper delivers a hilarious and uplifting collection of essays about one pale woman's journey from Midwestern naIf to Hollywood semi-celebrity to outrageously...
- Author:Bloom, RachelSummary:
From the charming and wickedly funny co-creator and star of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, a collection of hilarious personal essays, poems and even amusement park maps on the subjects of insecurity, fame, anxiety, and much more. Rachel Bloom has...
- Author:Wilsey, Sean, Shannon, MollySummary:
A candid, compulsively readable, hilarious, and heartbreaking memoir of resilience and redemption by comedic genius Molly Shannon At age four, Molly Shannon's world was shattered when she lost her mother, baby sister, and cousin in...
- Author:Wong, AliSummary:
In her hit Netflix comedy special Baby Cobra, an eight-month pregnant Ali Wong resonated so strongly that she even became a popular Halloween costume. Wong told the world her remarkably unfiltered thoughts on marriage, sex, Asian...
- Author:Fey, TinaSummary:
For the first time, one of the most powerful and beloved women in entertainment takes her writing talent to the pages of a book. From her disastrous honeymoon cruise to the oversold joys of breastfeeding, Fey puts her unique and...
- Author:Orji, YvonneSummary:
Thriving stand-up comic and actress Yvonne Orji--best known as Issa Rae's BFF on the HBO series, Insecure--shares the secrets to living the life of your dreams. Yvonne Orji has never shied away from being unapologetically herself,...
