Dear girls : intimate tales, untold secrets, and advice for living your best life
(2019)
By: Wong, Ali

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
MEMOIR/WONG,A

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Biography & Memoir MEMOIR/WONG,A Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Random House, 2019
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION

xiii, 216 pages ; 22 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780525508830, 052550883X
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"In her hit Netflix comedy special Baby Cobra, an eight-month pregnant Ali Wong resonated so heavily that she 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 singles 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 disgusting) for all"--