My horizontal life : a collection of one-night stands / Chelsea Handler.
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TextPublisher: New York : Bloomsbury Pub.Copyright date: ©2005Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: 213 pages ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- General
- 1582346186 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9781582346182 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 306.7 22
- HQ801 .H3195 2005
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Idaho Springs Public Library | ANF | 306.7 HAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 3ISPL00204013J |
Look who's having sex with mommy -- The beginning of the end -- Dumb and dumber -- Guess who's leaving through the window? -- My little nugget -- Desperado -- Skid-mark -- Thunder -- Shrinky dink -- Don't believe a word I say -- The cookie monster -- Doctor, doctor -- Oh, shut up already! -- A wedding story -- Overboard -- Out of the closet -- Rerun -- False alarm.
Handler, a stand-up comedienne and featured prankster on the television show Girls Behaving Badly, now adds author to her résumé. Chronicling her often wild sex life, this collection of offbeat and laugh-out-loud-funny essays includes a tale of waking up naked with a midget and a narrative of an affair with a Vegas stripper. Though the book seems to rely on the humor of the actual one-night stand, the standout pieces occur near the end, as Handler's attempts at casual sex become less successful and she begins to consider adopting a slightly more conservative lifestyle. In fact, the most entertaining essay concerns not sex but her substance-abusing gay friend's antics at her sister's wedding. Drawing on a supporting cast of hilariously well-drawn family members and friends, Handler succeeds in penning a smart, funny, and quick read. The booze-fueled tales of sex, however, are most likely inappropriate for school and academic libraries or more conservative communities. Recommended for the Sex and the City crowd in public libraries.Amanda Glasbrenner
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