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When You Lie About Your Age, The Terrorists Win
Carol Leifer
Reflections on Looking in the Mirror
Villard
March 2009
On Sale: March 10, 2009
308 pages
ISBN: 0345502965
EAN: 9780345502964
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir | Self-Help Relationships
Stand-up comic and comedy writer Carol Leifer faced a
critical dilemma and had only two options: either continue
sharing her greatest childhood memory (seeing the Beatles at
Shea Stadium in 1966) or lie about her age. But the choice
soon became clear: “I see now that when you deny your age,
you deny yourself, and when you lie about your age, you
become your inauthentic twin. But most important, when you
lie about your age, they win. (And of course by ‘they,’ I
mean the terrorists).” Now, in this uproarious book, Leifer
reveals all—her age, her outlook, her life philosophy—no
holds barred.
• On technology: “I am overwhelmed by
anything that involves a cord.”
• On motherhood: “Never
put your baby’s length on a birth announcement. It’s a baby,
not a marlin.”
• On collagen injections: “Your lips are
not meant to be flotation devices for your face in case it
capsizes.”
• On tattoos: “If you plan on having your
lover’s name tattooed on your arm, always leave room before
it for a possible ‘I Hate’ down the road.”
• On
etiquette: “Never refer to a woman as ‘ma’am,’ even if she’s
ninety years old. Nobody likes it.”
After years of
stand-up and a wave of successful television shows, Carol
Leifer finally (and hilariously) puts it all down on
paper–the wise thoughts, witty stories, and wonderfully
way-out observations guaranteed to have you nodding in
agreement and laughing out loud in sheer delight.
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