Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life
A memoir written as letters to the author's daughters, mixing comic candor with reflections on family, race, and adulthood.
Work Information
A memoir written as letters to the author's daughters, mixing comic candor with reflections on family, race, and adulthood.
A memoir written as letters to the author's daughters, mixing comic candor with reflections on family, race, and adulthood.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Random House
- Published
- 2019-10-15
- Pages
- 240 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 14.53 x 2.57 x 21.74 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780525508830
- ISBN-10
- 052550883X
- Price
- 4877 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Essays & Correspondence/Letters & Correspondence
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Ali Wong’s heartfelt and hilarious letters to her daughters (the two she put to work while they were still in utero) cover everything they need to know in life, like the unpleasant details of dating, how to be a working mom in a male-dominated profession, and how she trapped their dad. “Knife-sharp . . . a genuine pleasure.”— The New York Times NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Time • Variety • Chicago Tribune • Glamour • New York In her hit Netflix comedy special Baby Cobra , an eight-month pregnant Ali Wong resonated so strongly that she even became a popular Halloween costume. Wong told the world her remarkably unfiltered thoughts on marriage, sex, Asian culture, working women, and why you never see new mom comics on stage but you sure see plenty of new dads. The sharp insights and humor are even more personal in this completely original collection. She shares the wisdom she’s learned from a life in comedy and reveals stories from her life off stage, including the brutal single life in New York (i.e. the inevitable confrontation with erectile dysfunction), reconnecting with her roots (and drinking snake blood) in Vietnam, tales of being a wild child growing up in San Francisco, and parenting war stories. Though addressed to her daughters, Ali Wong’s letters are absurdly funny, surprisingly moving, and enlightening (and gross) for all. Praise for Dear Girls “Fierce, feminist, and packed with funny anecdotes.” — Entertainment Weekly “[Wong] spins a volume whose pages simultaneously shock and satisfy. . . . Dear Girls is not so much a real-talk handbook as it is a myth-puncturing manifesto.” —Vogue “[A] refreshing, hilarious, and honest account of making a career in a male-dominated field, dating, being a mom, growing up, and so much more…Yes, this book is addressed to Wong’s daughters, but every reader will find nuggets of wisdom and inspiration and, most important, something to laugh at.” — Bustle
Ali Wong is a stand-up comedian, writer, and actress. She has released two hit Netflix comedy specials— Baby Cobra and Hard Knock Wife —and will star in the Netflix original film Always Be My Maybe . She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two daughters.
Reviews
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Very good read!
Very funny book, well written! Love Ali so much!
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Best book ever
Best book ever!!! Love Ali who stays in her real world, love life!
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Quality Read
My girlfriend loves this book so much she's telling all her friends they need to read it. Goes into depth about her life while providing some humorous, but true, stories. Quality read.
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Love it!!!
I laughed/cried all the way through the book, and found myself in her stories as I always do with her shows. Definitely would read again.
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Loved. Every. Page.
After having watched the Netflix specials, it’s everything you expected from this book and more. It is a genuine love letter to her daughters (and fans), real, vulnerable, hilarious.
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Esilarante
Dopo che ho acquistato il libro, sono andata a vedere anche i suoi spettacoli, la trovo divertente, diretta e fortunatamente poco politicaly correct, un humor veramente esilarante !
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Authentic, Hilarious and Inspiring
Ali Wong's humor not only translates on stage but also in her memoir. Her memoir is filled with hilarious anecdotes and even more convulsion-inducing commentaries and asides, but along with each story Ali offers valuable advice to aspiring young creatives, and young people in general who are pursuing their dreams. Ali Wong discusses her wondrous life trajectory leading to her current success, all the bumps in the road, and more importantly her dedication to her craft. I highly recommend this book, especially to young women.