Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life by

Description: Dear Girls by Ali Wong 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 Times 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 youve ever wanted to have Ali Wongs signature voice in your head for 200-plus pages, nows your chance."—GlamourONE 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 shes 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 Wongs 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 FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Ali Wong is a stand-up comedian, writer, and actress. She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress and a Golden Globe for Best Performance by a Female Actor for her role in the Netflix original limited series Beef. She has also released two hit Netflix comedy specials (Baby Cobra and Hard Knock Wife), stars in the Netflix original film Always Be My Maybe, and was named one of Times 100 Most Influential People of the Year in 2020 and 2023. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two daughters. Review "[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 "[A] refreshing, hilarious, and honest account of making a career in a male-dominated field, dating, being a mom, growing up, and so much more. . . . Yes, this book is addressed to Wongs daughters, but every reader will find nuggets of wisdom and inspiration and, most important, something to laugh at."—Bustle "Absurdly funny."—Parade "Dear Girls can be crude and flippant, LOL-dense and breezy—so breezy, in fact, you will be desensitized to the grossest of Wongs gross-outs by chapter one, at which point you have already learned how to hold in a fart during yoga. But as with her stage comedy, she is also sneakily thoughtful about the public roles she occupies—Asian American, working mom, woman on comedy stages—and the come-from-behind grind they necessarily demand."—The Washington Post "It should come as no surprise that Ali Wong, who made us cry from laughter in her raunchy and relatable Netflix special, is as adept a writer as she is a comedian."—Refinery29"Each chapter of the deceptively light read begins to have a cumulative effect. Beyond the sexcapades and scatology are stories about self-reflection, family discord and reconciliation, sexism in comedy, and passion. What emerges is a far more complete picture of who [Ali] Wong is than what shes portrayed in her stand-up. . . . Its as if her stand-up act went to prom, got blackout drunk, pooped its pants, yet still landed the prom king."—Salon "By now, you know that Ali Wong doesnt have a filter—and thank goodness for that. She brings the same level of candid heart and humor that you love from her comedy to her new book, covering everything from growing up in San Francisco to finding comedy to having kids. Dear Girls is a ridiculously funny and enlightening collection of letters to her daughters, but it may be just the thing that you need to hear, too."—HelloGiggles "A collection of letters to her baby girls that are barn-burning reflections on being a working mom, marriage, sex, and more. If youve ever wanted to have Ali Wongs signature voice in your head for 200+ pages, nows your chance."—Glamour "Yes, we fell in love with Ali Wong when we watched her Netflix stand-up specials. Yes, we fell in love with her all over again when we watched her in Always Be My Maybe this summer. This fall, her world domination is complete with the release of her essay collection, Dear Girls. In it, youll find hilarious essays written as letters to her two daughters, that are filled with insight and smart observations about motherhood, womanhood, and life in general. (And yes, youre going to fall in love with her all over again. Again.)"—PopSugar Review Quote "[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 "[A] refreshing, hilarious, and honest account of making a career in a male-dominated field, dating, being a mom, growing up, and so much more... Yes, this book is addressed to Wongs daughters, but every reader will find nuggets of wisdom and inspiration and, most important, something to laugh at." -- Bustle "Absurdly funny." -- Parade " Dear Girls can be crude and flippant, LOL-dense and breezy--so breezy, in fact, you will be desensitized to the grossest of Wongs gross-outs by chapter one, at which point you have already learned how to hold in a fart during yoga. But as with her stage comedy, she is also sneakily thoughtful about the public roles she occupies--Asian American, working mom, woman on comedy stages--and the come-from-behind grind they necessarily demand." -- The Washington Post "It should come as no surprise that Ali Wong, who made us cry from laughter in her raunchy and relatable Netflix special, is as adept a writer as she is a comedian." -- Refinery29 "By now, you know that Ali Wong doesnt have a filter--and thank goodness for that. She brings the same level of candid heart and humor that you love from her comedy to her new book, covering everything from growing up in San Francisco to finding comedy to having kids. Dear Girls is a ridiculously funny and enlightening collection of letters to her daughters, but it may be just the thing that you need to hear, too." -- HelloGiggles "A collection of letters to her baby girls that are barn-burning reflections on being a working mom, marriage, sex, and more. If youve ever wanted to have Ali Wongs signature voice in your head for 200+ pages, nows your chance." -- Glamour "Yes, we fell in love with Ali Wong when we watched her Netflix stand-up specials. Yes, we fell in love with her all over again when we watched her in Always Be My Maybe this summer. This fall, her world domination is complete with the release of her essay collection, Dear Girls . In it, youll find hilarious essays written as letters to her two daughters, that are filled with insight and smart observations about motherhood, womanhood, and life in general. (And yes, youre going to fall in love with her all over again. Again.)" -- PopSugar Excerpt from Book Chapter 1 How I Trapped Your Father Dear Girls, Your dad is the (if we are divorced by the time you read this, please skip to the next sentence) best, but I didnt just find him overnight. In the fall of 2009, I had been living in NYC for a year and had been unlucky when it came to love and casual sex. Well, lets just get right to it: I dated a series of men who had issues getting it up. It felt like a curse. Five guys in a row lost their boners in the middle of getting busy. Part of me blamed the Raynauds disease, a condition that was passed on to me by my father. I have extremely poor circulation to my hands and feet, to the point where in the cold, they will turn blue and feel like pain icicles. So, especially in the New York fall or wintertime, my bare hands, much like the hands of Rogue from the X-Men, could suck the life out of a mans erect penis. After the first two guys that I hooked up with in NYC went soft on me, I grew extremely self-conscious of my White Walker fingers. By the third time I started making out with a new guy, I made sure to simultaneously warm my hands up by furiously rubbing them together and breathing into them like a homeless character in a theater production, next to a papier mch Details ISBN0525508856 Author Ali Wong Year 2020 ISBN-10 0525508856 ISBN-13 9780525508854 Format Paperback Short Title Dear Girls Pages 240 Language English Imprint Random House Trade Paperbacks Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2020-10-06 NZ Release Date 2020-10-06 US Release Date 2020-10-06 Place of Publication New York UK Release Date 1900-01-01 Publisher Random House USA Inc Publication Date 2020-10-06 Subtitle Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life DEWEY 792.76028092 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 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