By Amy Wolf
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First tagged by Amy H. Wolf "author"
Customer tags: funny, bankruptcy, breast cancer, humor, comics, autobiography, banking, los angeles, foreclosure, comedy, hollywood, adoption
Review & Description
Think Nora Ephron on food stamps!
SHOPAHOLIC meets Woody Allen as one middle-class, smartass Jewish gal is ejected from her cushy life as a banker after the crash of Washington Mutual Bank.
Gone are the horses and weekend getaways, and in their place come rescue kitties and quick escapes from the Repo Man.
Our heroine’s travails echo the story of Job, but with much more kvetching: she is forced to declare bankruptcy, gives up all her credit cards (gasp!), and watches her house spin away with the Tidy Bowl man as it slides underwater. Instead of sushi at Katsuya, she dines on Kraft macaroni; in place of a 5,000 square foot house is a small studio apartment that she shares with two dogs, a bunny, and an adopted 14-year-old daughter.
The woman’s name is Amy, and this is her (my) story.
The plot is so heightened it reads like pulp, but all of it is true: Near-Suicide! Death! Violence! Cancer! Sex trafficking of minors! Sex with multiple partners!!
Real life is a bitch, but yes, it can be funny. And Amy -- frequent performer at The Comedy Store in Hollywood & refugee from the Hollywood studios -- knows how to spin a surreal, comic tale!
Enter her world. . .if you dare. . Read more
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