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Book

Joyful recollections of trauma

Call Number

  • 921 S3149 (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : HarperOne, [2024]

Physical Description

ix, 241 pages ; 24 cm

Summary

"From award-winning actor and comedian Paul Scheer, a candid and hilarious memoir-in-essays on coming to terms with childhood trauma and finding the joy in embracing your authentic self"--

Contents

  • A note from Paul
  • Introduction: The collector
  • I found a fire
  • The box
  • No photos. No parents
  • Kevin McCallister could never--
  • Dying at Disney
  • Weird Al is the devil's music
  • Hulk
  • The great escape
  • Show world
  • Middle school mogul
  • Class act
  • When I grow up
  • Body jobs
  • Meet-cute
  • Scheer humiliations
  • Will you marry me?
  • Becoming Dad
  • Ode to a minivan
  • What's your problem
  • My wing woman
  • Epilogue: A.K.A. wrap it up
  • How did this get made!?

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