Girl Walks into a Bar . . .
Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle
$43.33
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
24 April 2013
Summary
One fateful night in New York City’s East Village, a forty-three-year-old single lady with nothing to lose walks into a bar …
The former SNL star recounts the adventures and unexpected joy of dating and becoming a mom when she least expected it—at the age of forty-four.
Anyone who saw an episode of Saturday Night Live between 1999 and 2006 knows Rachel Dratch. She was hilarious! So what happened to her? After a misbegotten part as Jenna on the pilot of 30 Rock, Dratch…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781592407576 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1592407579 |
| Author: | Rachel Dratch |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Gotham Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 24 April 2013 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 133mm x 17mm |
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Critics Review
“Ms. Dratch maintains a blunt, irreverent and gently jaded posture, party because of experience … [she] turns her setbacks into irreverent vignettes … . her book, which moves from tales of Second City and “Saturday Night Live” to an exploration of motherhood, convinces you that she has seen enough to justify a show business memoir.” — Jason Zinoman, The New York Times
“Ms. Dratch maintains a blunt, irreverent and gently jaded posture, party because of experience … [she] turns her setbacks into irreverent vignettes … . her book, which moves from tales of Second City and “Saturday Night Live” to an exploration of motherhood, convinces you that she has seen enough to justify a show business memoir.” — New York Times
“Funny, honest, and optimistic. It’s like spending a delightful evening with Rachel, but in a format that allows you to put her in your purse and enjoy her on the bus.” —Tina Fey
“A hilarious look at how unpredictable and beautiful life can be. Like Dratch, Girl Walks into a Bar … is honest, surprising, and always funny.” —Amy Poehler
“[Girl Walks Into a Bar…] will take you away.” —Janet Maslin, The New York Times
“Dratch’s book is definitely funny, but it is her courage to speak openly about her struggle with dating, romance, and the Holy Grail of feminine culture—motherhood—that makes this work as unconventional as her path to both television stardom and maternity.” —The Huffington Post
“A hilarious and incisive view of her unexpected life trajectory.” —The Village Voice
“It’s rare that you find a book so sharply funny yet deeply optimistic. I LOVED this book from start to finish. Rachel’s stories are just so candid and honest- It was hard not laugh out loud- so I often did.” —Mike Birbiglia, New York Times bestselling author of Sleepwalk with Me
”[Girl Walks Into A Bar…] will take you away.”
— Janet Maslin, New York Times
About The Author
Rachel Dratch
Girl Walks into a Bar … is Rachel Dratch’s first book. She plans on writing a twenty-volume set about her life, though, and selling it door-to-door like encyclopedias. She lives in New York City.
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