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Official Book Club Selection
Kathy Griffin
A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin
Ballantine Books
September 2009
On Sale: September 8, 2009
368 pages
ISBN: 0345518519
EAN: 9780345518514
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Official Book Club Selection is Kathy Griffin
unplugged, uncensored, and unafraid to dish about what
really happens on the road, away from the cameras, and at
the star party after the show. (It’s also her big chance to
score that coveted book club endorsement she’s always
wanted. Are you there, Oprah? It’s me, Kathy.)
Kathy
Griffin has won Emmys for her reality show Kathy Griffin: My
Life on the D-List, been nominated for a Grammy, worked and
walked every red carpet known to man, and rung in the New
Year with Anderson Cooper. But the legions of fans who pack
Kathy’s sold-out comedy shows have heard only part of her
remarkable story. Writing with her trademark wit, the feisty
comic settles a few old scores, celebrates the friends and
mentors who helped her claw her way to the top, and shares
insider gossip about celebrity behavior–the good, the bad,
and the very ugly. She recounts the crazy ups and downs of
her own career and introduces us to some of the
supertalented people she encountered before they got famous
(or, in some cases, after fame went to their heads). Word to
the wise: If you’ve ever crossed Kathy Griffin at some point
in your life, check the index for your name.
Along
the way, Kathy reveals intimate details about her life
before and after she made the big time. She opens up about
everything from growing up with a dysfunctional family in
suburban Illinois to bombing as a young comedian in L.A.,
from her well-publicized plastic surgery disasters to her
highly publicized divorce, and more. Only in this book will
you learn how the dinner table is the best training ground
for a career in stand-up, how speaking your mind can bite
you on the ass and buy you a house, and which people in
Kathy’s life have taught her the most valuable lessons–both
inside and outside the entertainment industry. And as if all
that wasn’t enough, there are also dozens of exclusive and
somewhat embarrassing photos from Kathy’s own
collection–featuring the diva of the D List herself, with
her old nose as well as her new one, plus celebrity friends,
foes, frenemies, and hangers-on for you to gawk
at.
Refreshingly candid, unflinchingly honest, and
full of hilarious “Did she really say that?” moments,
Official Book Club Selection will make you laugh
until you cry, or just puke up a little bit.
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