Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood (Google eBook)

Teri Garr, Henriette Mantel

Penguin, Oct 31, 2006 - Biography & Autobiography - 256 pages

In this laugh-out-loud funny and inspiring autobiography, one of Hollywood’s best-loved comediennes muses about movies, men, motherhood, and MS In a book that is at once Hollywood hilarious and personally moving, Teri Garr, star of such classic films as Young Frankenstein, Oh God!, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Mr. Mom, and Tootsie, for which she received an Academy Award nomination, writes about her life with the same wit and warmth that have won the hearts of fans for over three decades. From sipping Cokes with Elvis Presley to hangin’ with the Beatles; from her secrets to succeeding in Hollywood without losing her sanity, to dealing with the fear, anxiety, and denial of being plagued by mysterious physical problems that eluded diagnosis for over twenty years—the insights in Speedbumps, while always couched in Garr’s trademark humor, are honest, heartfelt, and often profound. BACKCOVER: “The driven comedian tells (almost) all…[and] she’s as dizzily funny as ever.”
—Entertainment Weekly 

“Garr sticks to the truth whether it’s hysterically funny, or, at times, heart wrenching. Read this book, it’s a lesson in courage.”
—Mel Brooks

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Review: Speedbumps: Flooring it Through Hollywood

User Review  - Kim N - Lost-In-A-Book - Goodreads

Really great memoir. I love Ms. Garr's maturity and humility in addition to her awesome sense of humor. She has a certain quality that seems to be lacking in many celebrities today, is it that ...

Review: Speedbumps: Flooring it Through Hollywood

User Review  - Melissa - Goodreads

Somehow I missed or forgot that Teri Garr had MS. I love reading about public lives, and I have always enjoyed Teri Garr in movies, so this was an interesting read. I found out a lot of information ...

About the author

Teri Garr is a leading advocate in raising awareness for multiple sclerosis and one of Hollywoods most beloved comic actresses, starring in such classic films as "Young Frankenstein, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Mr. Mom," and "Tootsie," for which she received an Academy Award nomination.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood
• Authors: Teri Garr, Henriette Mantel
• Publisher: Penguin, 2006
• ISBN: 1440627304, 9781440627309
• Length: 256 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / General; Biography & Autobiography / Rich & Famous; Biography & Autobiography / Women