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Microthrills: True Stories from a Life of Small Highs

Microthrills: True Stories from a Life of Small Highs


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About the Book

Raised in Manhattan by her overprotective sex-therapist mother (who wore "nine inches of shoulder pads"), Wendy Spero has always sought excitement in microthrills, the small, strange highs that give her life meaning--from finding a strip tease video of her grandmother to selling knives door-to-door. As a little girl, Spero passed the time sniffing fruit-scented markers and breaking up arguments between her imaginary friends. As an adult, in her first office job, she formed an unusual relationship with her boss that involved as much marijuana-smoking as it did mentoring. Called "a profoundly funny human being" by "Time Out New York," Spero is now a comedian living in L.A., grappling with such grown-up issues as trying to kick her addiction to eating candy in bed and learning how to drive.

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Funny and touching and insightful. "Microthrills" is all about the little highlights of life?and by the first chapter, I knew it was going to be a highlight of my reading year. (A. J. Jacobs, author, "The Know-It-All") A hilarious memoir . . . with lots of laugh-so-hard-you-snort-milk-out-of-your-nose moments. ("Daily Candy") In her effervescent, delightfully neurotic memoir... Spero works...magic on paper. ("New York Times") Spero takes you inside her tiny, hilarious world with a brazen vulnerability that is the rare province of truly great humorists. . . . David Sedaris watch your back! (Ed Helms, "The Daily Show") "Microthrills" will make you cringe with glee. Spero takes you inside her peculiar mind and tiny, hilarious world... (Ed Helms, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart") Funny and touching and insightful. "Microthrills" is all about the little highlights of life... (A.J. Jacobs, author, "The Know-It-All") Reading "Microthrills" is like breathing air -- it feels natural. (Sarah Silverman) "Microthrills" was a series of micro-orgasms for me, not only in my funny bone, but throughout my brain. (Jill Soloway, co-executive producer, "Six Feet Under"; author, "Tiny Ladies in Shiny Pants" "Microthrills" is terrific. Finally, a book for people who think that insects having sex is hot ... (Andy Borowitz, creator, Borowitzreport.com)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780452288430
  • Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Plume
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: True Stories from a Life of Small Highs
  • ISBN-10: 0452288436
  • Publisher Date: 01 Aug 2007
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Returnable: N


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