When I was in kindergarten I managed to tick off my entire class by throwing all the plastic play kitchen food out the window to feed the squirrels. This act of compassion resulted in all of us having to stop playtime and go pick up the food from the front yard of the school. We had to go because I refused to admit it was me who threw it out the window, so we were all punished.
This little stunt pales in comparison to the stories in Chelsea Handler's sophomore novel "Are You There Vodka? It's Me Chelsea". As a child she was a little more than eccentric. I love the story about her humiliating rides to school in her fathers beat up old car. How she created a story about being a child actress about to star in Private Benjamin the sequel.
The stories she tells in this book are downright hilarious. I was at times in stiches. She can be crass and crude at times, but all of that just adds to the charm of Chelsea.
The stories from her adult life are humiliating. The situations she talks so candidly about I hope to never find myself in. Yet I laughed nonstop while reading about them.
This book reads like a fiction. The stories are almost unbelievable and wildly entertaining. It is in fact a memoir. These are the stories that shaped the former star of "Girls Behaving Badly", and current star of the late night mega-hit "Chelsea Lately".
"Chelsea Lately" has made the E! Network a serious contender for late late night television talk shows. When up against shows that have been on the air for years she has trumped them again and again. If you like this book you will like her show, and if you like her show you will like this book.
As Chelsea would say... Anyone who doesn't like this book can "Suck an egg".
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I really like Chelsea. We need more girls like her. I need to read this book soon, I need some serious laghter therapy.
This one is great, not as raunchy as her other novel.
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