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Title:
Survival of the thickest : essays / Michelle Buteau.
ISBN:
9781982122584
Personal Author:
Buteau, Michelle
Edition:
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Gallery Books, 2020.
Physical Description:
289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Jersey strong -- Jersey wrong -- Unlikely rom-com -- Ya-Ya sistah hood of the traveling tank top -- Friendship -- Game of heauxs -- 9/11 chronicles -- Fisher-Price my first road gig -- Survival of the thickest -- My holland tunnel -- Say yes to the stress -- Tooth be told -- IVF -- Surrogacy -- Motherhood -- Take me to church -- A light load -- Advice you can fit on a magnet.
Summary:
Buteau's humorous essays reflect on growing up Caribbean, Catholic, and thick in New Jersey, going to college in Miami (where everyone smells like pineapple), her many friendship and dating disasters, working as a newsroom editor during 9/11, getting started in standup opening for male strippers, marrying into her husband's Dutch family, IVF and surrogacy, motherhood, chosen family, and what it feels like to have a full heart, tight jeans, and stardom finally in her grasp.
Personal Subject:
Buteau, Michelle.
Subject Term:
Comedians--United States -- Biography

Caribbean Americans -- Biography
Genre:
Essays

Humor

Autobiographies

Biographies
Added Author:
Container of (work) : Buteau, Michelle. Jersey strong.

Container of (work) : Buteau, Michelle. Jersey wrong.

Container of (work) : Buteau, Michelle. Unlikely rom-com.

Container of (work) : Buteau, Michelle. Ya-Ya sistah hood of the traveling tank top.

Container of (work) : Buteau, Michelle. Friendship.

Container of (work) : Buteau, Michelle. Game of heauxs.

Container of (work) : Buteau, Michelle. 9/11 chronicles.

Container of (work) : Buteau, Michelle. Fisher-Price my first road gig.

Container of (work) : Buteau, Michelle. Survival of the thickest.

Container of (work) : Buteau, Michelle. My holland tunnel.

Container of (work) : Buteau, Michelle. Say yes to the stress.

Container of (work) : Buteau, Michelle. Tooth be told.

Container of (work) : Buteau, Michelle. IVF.

Container of (work) : Buteau, Michelle. Surrogacy.

Container of (work) : Buteau, Michelle. Motherhood.

Container of (work) : Buteau, Michelle. Take me to church.

Container of (work) : Buteau, Michelle. Light load.

Container of (work) : Buteau, Michelle. Advice you can fit on a magnet.
OCLC Number:
on1198443676
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