The Bedwetter
Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee
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4.0 • 49 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Sarah Silverman's father taught her to curse-at the age of three. She was a chronic bedwetter-until she was old enough to drive. She lost her virginity at age 19-but didn't really know it.
These are just a few of the outrageous true tales that Silverman shares in her alternately hilarious and moving collection of autobiographical essays. With her signature taboo-breaking humour, Silverman writes on everything from her epic struggle with hairy arms (there wasn't enough wax in the world) to the death of her infant brother (It was Nana's fault) and always leaves the reader with a smile. Mixed in among the essays are scores of embarrassing photos, mortifying childhood diary entries, and truly humiliating e-mails to and from her comedian friends.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Demonstrating that her penchant for swearing began at an early age, comedian Silverman begins her hilarious memoir by describing how, at age three, she gleefully responded to her grandmother's offer of brownies with shove 'em up your ass. Growing up in New Hampshire ( where cows are well done and Jews are rare ), Silverman naturally gravitated toward performing and moved to New York, where she attended and eventually dropped out of New York University to pursue a standup comedy career. Mixing show business moments (she wrote for Saturday Night Live for one season, but none of her sketches made it past dress rehearsal) with stories of her childhood and adolescence (punctuated by a persistent bedwetting problem), Silverman never shies away from poking fun at her own expense. Though she's best known for sexually explicit jokes, Silverman is able to address more serious subjects in the book without losing her edge, particularly her teenage struggle with depression and that her often abrasive public persona allowed her to say what I didn't mean, even preach the opposite of what I believed.... It was a funny way of being sincere. 8-page color insert.
Customer Reviews
Great book
Loved it, true Sarah Silverman style and really interesting too. Also pee is totally better than pee pee unless you are writing a toilet training guide for 2 year olds!
Disappointed
Thought I’d find this interesting & at least slightly humorous, sadly not so. Was like one long therapy session with a whiney , whinging very boring patient. Paying to hear someone complain incessantly about how hard it was to write a book about THEMSELVES was insulting. Throwing in old mind numbing diary entries whilst telling the reader how tedious diaries are can only be seen as page fillers. Hard to believe this was signed off by editors, publishers etc. Thankfully it was in the bargain buys for $1.99 & that was too expensive, if I’d paid full price I’d be really annoyed. I gave it 1 star for the 1 laugh, when she threw a pencil at Al Franken’s head, that was funny & required no lines...