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Author:
Gary Janetti
Publisher:
Henry Holt and Co.
Date:
April 26, 2022
Gary returns with his acid tongue firmly in cheek to the moments and times that defined him. He takes us by the hand as we follow him through the summers he spends in his twenties, pursuing both the perfect tan and the perfect man to no avail and much regret. At his Catholic high school, he strikes up an unlikely friendship with a nun who shares Gary's love of soap operas, which becomes a salvation to them both. And don't get him started on how a bad hotel room can ruin even the best vacation.
What The Reviewers Say
Keenly observed.
Gary Janetti's second collection of autobiographical essays...is as funny as the first...but what is unexpected from the writer and producer of Will & Grace and Family Guy is the tender poignancy that laces this one.
Janetti briskly trots through the most memorable moments of his life in this hilarious outing. In vignettes packed with zingers...he reveals how his refusal to live on any terms but his own took root.
