Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Heartfelt and hilarious essays from the Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actress, star of the Netflix original series Beef, and two-time member of Time's 100 Most Influential People of the Year list "A collection of letters to her baby girls that are barn-burning reflections on being a working mom, marriage, sex, and more. If you've ever wanted to have Ali Wong's signature voice in your head for 200-plus pages, now's your chance."--Glamour
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: 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
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: 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
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The concept of sharing your life before children, in order to preserve honest memories, is just endearing to me. I loved that part. The raw details of some of Ali Wong's life made me laugh, and cringe. Stronger language than I am used to, however, good to know should the opportunity to see her in action on stage happens in my future.
I was kinda torn on this one. There were definitely some funny moments, but then also I didn’t realize it was for her daughters…thought it was just “any girl” and it although it’s a memoir I felt like parts feel specifically for her daughters which is nice but I think it should have just been just for them vice versa for her audience.
I don’t know if if recommend it to all. And then when I looked up interviews for book since it came out a bit ag...read more
Content warning for graphic sexual content. I loved Ali Wong's stand up specials, and this book follows in a similar vein. So if you don't like graphic sexual remarks or poop jokes, this won't be a piece for you. At the same time, buried between these jokes, there are really beautiful pieces of advice for Wong's daughters, or any person looking for advice on being themselves.
For the same reasons I enjoy Ali Wong's comedy, is the same reasons I enjoyed her book: it is unfiltered yet border line filthy/horrifying. I still burst out into a laughter/shock. It is an endearing memoir left to her two daughters (that they definitely shouldn't read until they are much older) that gives her unapologetic side of alot of her experience. I appreciated how she took the time to describe why she doesn't want to be definited by her A...read more
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