Girl Walks Into a Bar . . .
Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · February 5, 2013
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.
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- Who it’s for
- A comic memoir where career stories meet an unexpected turn toward motherhood.
- Genres
- Personal Memoirs, Lives in Entertainment, Humor
- Published
- Penguin Publishing Group, February 5, 2013
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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 was only getting offered roles as “Lesbians. Secretaries. Sometimes secretaries who are lesbians.”
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Her career as a female comedian at a low point, she suddenly had time for yoga, dog-sitting, learning Spanish—and dating. Dratch reveals the joys and terrors of putting herself out there in a quest to find love and then becoming a mother in an undreamed-of way. With riotous humor, she recounts breaking the news to her bewildered parents, the awe of her single friends, and romance and coparenting with her baby-daddy, John. Filled with great behind-the-scenes anecdotes from Dratch’s time on SNL, Girl Walks into a Bar . . . is a funny book with a refreshing version of the happily-ever-after story, full of sensitivity, candor, and plenty of comic relief, as only Rachel Dratch can tell it.
Comedy Meets Real Life
A comic memoir where career stories meet an unexpected turn toward motherhood.
Come here for
- Candid comedy-world stories with a self-aware edge
- Dating’s awkwardness, told without pretending it is graceful
Expect
- Behind-the-scenes SNL anecdotes alongside personal candor
- Riotous humor softened by sensitivity
Where it sits
| Personal Memoirs | 52% |
|---|---|
| Lives in Entertainment | 30% |
| Humor | 23% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Lives in Entertainment
- Men, Women & Relationships
- Comedy
- Authors
- Rachel Dratch
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- February 5, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Lives in Entertainment