Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation - Hardcover

Tyler, Aisha

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062223771 ISBN 13: 9780062223777

Publisher: It Books, 2013

Synopsis

In her book Self-Inflicted Wounds, comedian, actress, and cohost of CBS's daytime hit show The Talk, Aisha Tyler recounts a series of epic mistakes and hilarious stories of crushing personal humiliation, and the personal insights and authentic wisdom she gathered along the way. The essays in Self-Inflicted Wounds are refreshingly and sometimes brutally honest, surprising, and laugh-out-loud funny, vividly translating the brand of humor Tyler has cultivated through her successful standup career, as well as the strong voice and unique point of view she expresses on her taste-making comedy podcast Girl on Guy. Riotous, revealing, and wonderfully relatable, Aisha Tyler's Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation is about the power of calamity to shape life, learning, and success.

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Self-inflicted Wounds In her book Self-Inflicted Wounds, comedian, actress, and cohost of CBS's daytime hit show The Talk, Aisha Tyler recounts a series of epic mistakes and hilarious stories of crushing personal humiliation, and the personal insights and authentic wisdom she gathered along the way. The essays in Self-Inflicted Wounds are refreshingly and sometimes brutally honest, surprising, and laugh-out-loud funny, Full description

Review:

"Aisha Tyler is one of the smartest, funniest women I've had the good fortune of meeting. She makes me laugh every time I see her--and this is coming from the guy who thinks women aren't funny."--Adam Carolla, comedian, host of The Adam Carolla Show, and New York Times bestselling author of In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks

"Self-inflicted wounds are the nastiest, most painful, and most likely to fester. Also the funniest. Aisha brings back every awful, suicidally stupid, shameful, and all-too-familiar episode of a life well lived. Reading this book made me feel a lot better about myself. Prepare to be horrified--and entertained."--Anthony Bourdain, chef, host of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, and New York Times bestselling author of Kitchen Confidential

"One of the most kick-ass women I know, Aisha Tyler hilariously rips herself open and shows you her guts. On the schadenfreude scale, Self-Inflicted Wounds is a ten."--Felicia Day, actress, writer, and producer of The Guild

"Good God. The Amazon can write. And write well. We are doomed."--Patton Oswalt, comedian, actor, and New York Times bestselling author of Zombie Spaceship Wasteland

"For once, Patton is correct. Aisha Tyler is one funny son of a bitch."--Dave Eggers, Pulitzer Prize-nominated author of New York Times #1 bestseller A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, What Is the What, Zeitoun, and A Hologram for the King and founder of McSweeney's

"The first time I met Aisha I felt we could have been sisters. Tall, beautiful, African-American, comedienne...after reading Self-Inflicted Wounds I found we had more in common: setting the house on fire, peeing ourselves in public, and an endless list of people we've offended in some way."--Sharon Osbourne, author, rock manager, and cohost of The Talk

"If you're the type of sicko who enjoys a hilariously talented person debasing herself for your amusement, then Self-Inflicted Wounds is the book for you."--Andy Richter, comedian, actor, writer, announcer and man-Friday on Conan

"Aisha Tyler's book, Self-Inflicted Wounds, is an uplifting, hilarious trek through her life of insults, agonies and failures. Each story is not only painfully funny, but it's also thoughtful and stunningly candid. I really do love this book."--Jay Chandrasekhar, director of Super Troopers, Beerfest, and Babymakers

"We all do stupid stuff, sometimes on purpose. But rarely do we ever talk about it, let alone publish an in-depth retelling-leave it to Aisha Tyler to help us all feel a little less dumb and a little more connected."--Seth Green, comedian, actor, creator/writer/director of Robot Chicken

"Aisha Tyler's incredibly vivid stories of going for big air only to land flat on her face (or possibly a rusty spike) are a unique combination of cringe-worthy and inspiring. That she shares these stories makes me love her all the more."--Bill Burr, comedian, actor, and host of The Monday Morning Podcast

About this edition

• Publisher: It Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0062223771
• ISBN 13: 9780062223777
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256