Speedbumps: Flooring it Through HollywoodIn 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. |
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This Mess Is a Place | 1 |
Daddy Dearest Hold Your Applause | 9 |
Kwitcher Bitchin | 21 |
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