People Are Unappealing: Even Me
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.50 (656 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0307382451 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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She possess a good pen for breezy narrative and a well-tuned awareness of the line separating the everyday absurd from the entirely too-much-personal-information-to-share-in-your-out-loud-voice…, but even better is the shameless glee with which she crosses that line again and again and again and again.”—Baltimore City Paper“A wickedly funny and dirty treasure trove of modern-day oddballs. Along the way, Barron makes several keen observations about the strange things people do, and also manages to canonize John Stamos as ‘the most flawless man who has ever lived,’ which had to be done by somebody.”—Gothamist“Humori
She lives in Brooklyn, New York. . This is her first book. SARA BARRON’s work has appeared on Showtime’s This American Life, National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition, and the Today show and at the HBO Comedy Festival in Aspen, Colorado
And that’s all before she hits New York.People Are Unappealing tells the strange, funny, and sometimes filthy stories of Sara Barron’s twisted suburban upbringing and deranged attempt at taking the Big Apple by storm–first as an actor (then a waiter), then a dancer (then a waiter), then a comic (then a waiter). Born the child of a homo and a hypochondriac (Okay, okay. It’s there that she meets the ex-boyfriend turned street clown. At twelve, she gets mistaken for a trannie. He just acts like it. By seventeen, she's featured on the Jerry Springer Show. The OCD Xanax addict who refuses to have sex wearing any fewer than three condoms. Her dad&rsq
You know that feeling when you don't want the book to end? Kimberly Belle That's the feeling I got when reading Sara Barron's debut essay collection. Honestly, I savored each page, allowing myself only one chapter at a time. Toward the end, I broke the chapters into sub-chapters, forcing myself to put the book down after each golden nugget of storytelling, so I would have something to look forward to the next day. Eventually, there were but 5 pages left and I dug into them like a chocolate fiend on her periodmay I say, I was only disappointed that the joy ride was over.People may be unappealing, but Sara's book has true reader appeal.. "Classics age well" according to Joseph Toone. Just re-read this week and she still stands the test of time for humor.. Five Stars Amazon Customer She is hilarious!