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Diary of a Mad Diva
by Rivers, Joan
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0425269027
- ISBN 13
- 9780425269022
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About This Item
New York: Berkley Books, 2014. First Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/very good. [12], 289, [3] pages. Illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Signed bookplate on fep. Ticket to Joan Rivers appearance laid in. Joan Alexandra Molinsky (June 8, 1933 - September 4, 2014), widely known as Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, writer, producer, and television host noted for her comedic persona — alternatingly self-deprecating or sharply acerbic, especially toward celebrities and politicians. Rivers came to prominence in 1965 as a guest on The Tonight Show. Hosted by Johnny Carson. In 1986, she became the first woman to host a late night network television talk show. She subsequently hosted The Joan Rivers Show (1989-1993), winning a Daytime Emmy. Rivers co-hosted the E! celebrity fashion show Fashion Police from 2010 to 2014 and starred in reality series Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? (2011-2014) with daughter Melissa Rivers. Rivers authored 12 best-selling books and released numerous comedy albums. She was nominated in 1984 for a Grammy Award for her album What Becomes a Semi-Legend Most?; and was nominated in 1994 for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance of the title role in Sally Marr...and Her Escorts. In 2015, Rivers posthumously received a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for her book, Diary of a Mad Diva. Excerpt from Kirkus Reviews: A Dear Diary-style recounting of the author's day-to-day professional and personal life. Rivers' ... merciless, yearlong skewering of the universe begins Jan. 1 and proceeds through the year. Sparing no one, including herself, the author employs her typically ribald take on the numerous individuals, groups or topics encountered while the author travels from her home in New York to gigs around the country and vacations in Mexico or the Hamptons. A sampling of the real or imagined scenarios Rivers recounts in her trademark style include: Anne Frank's diary-keeping skills; Barbara Streisand's looks; dating services; ... her ideas for new TV shows; Kirstie Alley's weight; ... J. Edgar Hoover's fashion choices ("J. Edgar Hoover and I were very close. In fact, we were the same size. I used to lend him my clothes for special occasions..."). Rivers also includes numerous photos showing her swigging from a bottle of vodka with cigarette and prescription pill bottle in hand; holding up a "will work for food sign"; dressed as a parody of the twerking Miley Cyrus; and decorating a Christmas tree with an Orthodox Jewish friend. It's all grand fun for the author... Readers who never tire of Rivers and her distinctive take on the world will lap up the newest entree from the octogenarian comedian.
Synopsis
Anais Nin, Anne Frank and Sylvia Plath wrote the world’s most famous diaries. And where are they today? Dead. But the world’s OTHER great diarist, Joan Rivers, is alive and kicking. And complaining. In the extraordinary tradition of The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O’Connor and George Orwell’s Diaries , comes an intimate and enriching glimpse into the mind of the most illuminating woman-of-letters of her generation—the provocative exploration of an age in which she has lived on and on and on and on. Following up the phenomenal success of her headline-making New York Times bestseller I Hate Everyone...Starting With Me , the unstoppable Joan Rivers is at it again. When her daughter Melissa gives her a diary for Christmas, at first Joan is horrified—who the hell does Melissa think she is? That fat pig, Bridget Jones? But as Joan, being both beautiful and introspective, begins to record her day-to-day musings, she realizes she has a lot to say. About everything. And everyone, God help them. The result? A no-holds-barred, delightfully vicious and always hilarious look at the everyday life of the ultimate diva. Follow Joan on a family vacation in Mexico and on trips between New York and Los Angeles where she mingles with the stars, never missing a beat as she delivers blistering critiques on current events, and excoriating insights about life, pop culture, and celebrities (from A to D list), all in her relentlessly funny signature style. This is the Diary of a Mad Diva . For the first time in a century, a diary by someone that’s actually both worth reading and worth suing.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72397
- Title
- Diary of a Mad Diva
- Author
- Rivers, Joan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]
- ISBN 10
- 0425269027
- ISBN 13
- 9780425269022
- Publisher
- Berkley Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2014
- Keywords
- Comedian, Entertainer, Diarist, Melissa Rivers, Emmy Award, Author, Businesswoman, Stand-up, Television Host, Television Personality
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