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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I appreciate that this book brought some awareness to ALS. It found the humor in the sad and shows the humanity behind the jokes. Winnie’s relationship with her parents - a father suffering from ALS, a mother who seems like a buzz killington until her true persona is revealed later in the book - is so lovingly explored. Her friendships are real and earned. A great reminder to hold onto the ones you love, while you can, spend as much time with them as you can, listen to each other, and to be present. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Winnie Friedman has been waiting for the world to catch on to what she already knows: she's hilarious. It might be a long wait, though. After bombing a stand-up set at her own bat mitzvah, Winnie has kept her jokes to herself. Well, to herself and her dad, a former comedian and her inspiration. Then, on the second day of tenth grade, the funniest guy in school actually laughs at a comment she makes in the lunch line and asks her to join the improv troupe. Maybe he's even . . . flirting? Just when Winnie's ready to say yes to comedy again, her father reveals that he's been diagnosed with ALS. That is . . . not funny. Her dad's still making jokes, though, which feels like a good thing. And Winnie's prepared to be his straight man if that's what he wants. But is it what he needs? Caught up in a spiral of epically bad dates, bad news, and bad performances, Winnie's struggling to see the humor in it all. But finding a way to laugh is exactly what will see her through. No library descriptions found. |
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