Tiny Ladies in Shiny Pants: Based on a True Story Contributor(s): Soloway, Jill (Author) |
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ISBN: 0743272188 ISBN-13: 9780743272186 Publisher: Free Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2006 Annotation: The Emmy-nominated "Six Feet Under" writer and producer takes it all off in this wickedly entertaining debut collection of very, very personal essays. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Humor | Form - Essays |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2007270060 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" L (0.80 lbs) 272 pages |
Features: Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian |
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Publisher Description: From the creator and director of Transparent and Emmy-nominated writer for Six Feet Under comes a hilarious and unforgettable memoir. When Jill Soloway was just thirteen, she and her best friend donned the tightest satin pants they could find, poufed up their hair and squeezed into Candies heels, then headed to downtown Chicago in search of their one-and-only true loves forever: the members of whichever rock band was touring through town. Never mind that both girls still had braces, coke-bottle-thick glasses and had only just bought their first bras--they were fabulous, they felt beautiful, they were tiny ladies in shiny pants. Now that Jill is all grown up and a successful writer and producer, she can look back on her tiny self and share her shiny tales with fondness, absurdity, and obsessive-compulsive attention to even the most embarrassing details. From the highly personal (conflating her own loss of virginity and the Kobe Bryant accusations), to the political (what she has in common with Monica and Chandra), to the outrageously Los Angelean (why women wear huge diamonds and what they must do to get them), Tiny Ladies in Shiny Pants is a genre-defying combination of personal essay and memoir, or a hilarious, unruly and unapologetic evaluation of society, religion, sex, love, and--best of all--Jill. |
Contributor Bio(s): Soloway, Jill: - Currently the creator and director of critically acclaimed series Transparent, Jill Soloway is an Emmy nominated writer and coexecutive producer for HBO's Six Feet Under and creator of Sit n' Spin, a night of comedic storytelling in Los Angeles, where she lives with her husfriend and her son. |
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