Bleachy Haired Honky Bitch

Oh my God. OH MY GOD! This has got to be one of THE absolute most hysterical books I have ever stumbled across: "Bleachy Haired Honky Bitch, Tales from a BAD Neighborhood." Written by NPR commentator and linguist, Hollis Gillespie, this book simply ROCKS.

A product of a bomb-making, chain-smoking mother and an unemployed traveling trailer salesman father, it's clear that her sharp witted sarcasm and warped humor to say the least, has been her saving grace, molding her into the entertaining survivor she has become and paving her way to pure literary genius. Her writing style is RAW, occasionally deep, and often pee-in-your-pants funny, literally.

A few nights ago, reading a chapter entitled, "Killer Turkey," to paraphrase a favorite line from Hollis, 'I laughed so hard, I thought I would cough up a shoe!' Only I wasn't wearing any, thank goodness.

I don't generally chose books; they have a tendency to chose me, which is why I have to pace myself on visits to local book sellers. This title all but leapt into my arms and was laughter well spent.

A taste from her website:

Travel Essays

Letting Go in Vegas The Long Goodbye The Imposter Lost Things My Portable Prison It's All About Safety

Changing Values The Complete Plebeian's Guide to Barcelona Over the Counter Culture I Don't Swallow The Fall of the Wall

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"Perhaps I know why it is man alone who laughs: He alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter."
--Friedrich Nietzsche