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 enlarge | Author: Chelsea Handler
Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  200 reviews
Sales Rank: 62
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.8 x 1.2
ISBN: 1416954120
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.7092
EAN: 9781416954125
ASIN: 1416954120
Publication Date: April 22, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Love Her! August 6, 2008
If you like Chelsea's brand of humor as seen on her E! Television show, then you'll love this book. It was absolutely laugh out loud hilarious! I felt the stories got funnier as the book progressed, Dim Sum and Kimmy being my faves. I highly recommend for any fan! Way to go, Yelsea (haha!)
Better On Paper Than On TV August 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've watched Chelsea Handler on TV for quite some time as late night fodder that usually puts me to sleep. She's a funny woman with good timing and is nice to look at. Her wit is quick, her delivery sharp. I'm just not all that interested in celebrity gossip, which overwhelms the content.
This book, however, is another story. Presenting as a series of stories from her life, it qualifies as an off-beat memoir with light tales about a young party girl living her life in the spotlight. She's self-deprecating and self-promoting at the same time, and in spite of her crude and irreverent (politically-incorrect) personality, ultimately I was charmed by these stories. The writing is very good, certainly on par with other famous humor writers, including David Sedaris.
 Doesn't Touch Sedaris... August 4, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Her stories are laugh out loud funny, but her writing style is much more novice compared to David Sedaris... whoever said she may compare is way off!
for a good heartfelt laugh August 2, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Though as candid and brilliantly inappropriate as her first collection of essays, 'Vodka' reaches past points of 'horizontal life' to focus more on love, family, and friendship. The end product is a rather remarkable collection of stories that are astoundinly funny, yet surprisingly heartfelt. Handler writes with a sincerity that cushions her bluntness. Wheather reading about being kicked half naked out of a London restauraunt, love scorn Peekapoos, or being dry-humped by an angry asian masseause, its certain you'll be in for laughs the whole way through. By the end of the collection, you'll realize the situations are only half the story. The real story is who is by your side to share them with.
Chelsea Has a New Fan August 2, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I feel like I've come late to the party that is Chelsea Handler, but better late than never. This collection of stories is in a word, hilarious. Chelsea is a natural storyteller and these pages go by so quickly I found myself looking for more when I reached page 264. She's original, irreverent, bawdy, gutsy and VERY funny.
It's hard to pick a favorite, but the story of boyfriend Mohammad and the Peekapoo (apparently a gay dog), and another that included a night with the drunken "midget" named Kimmy, had me laughing out loud and sharing snippets. There are no stinkers in the collection, each is funnier than the previous as you get to know her humor and her quirks, which yes--DO include a lot of vodka.
If you like the work of Laurie Notaro The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life or Sandra Tsing Loh A Year in Van Nuys you'll love the work of Chelsea Handler.
Michele Cozzens is the author of It's Not Your Mother's Bridge Club
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