There's Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say

Paula Poundstone on. . . The sources of her self-esteem: A couple of years ago I was reunited with a guy I knew in the fifth grade. He said, “All the other fifth-grade guys liked the pretty girls, but I liked you. †It's hard to know if a guy is sincere when he lays it on that thick. The occult: I need to know exactly what day I'm gonna die so that I don't bother putting away leftovers the night before. The scandal: The judge said I was the best probationer he ever had. Talk about proud. Part memoir, part monologue, with a dash of startling honesty, There's Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say features biographies of legendary historical figures from which Paula Poundstone can't help digressing to tell her own story. Mining gold from the lives of Abraham Lincoln, Helen Keller, Joan of Arc, and Beethoven, among others, she dissects, observes, and comments on the successes and failures of her own life with surprising candor and spot-on comedic timing. If you like Paula Poundstone's ironic and intelligent humor, you'll love this wryly observant, funny, and touching audio. Paula Poundstone has a long list of successes in comedy, including HBO specials, an Emmy Award, two Cable ACE Awards, and an American Comedy Award for Best Female Stand-Up. She appears regularly on National Public Radio's Wait Wait. . . Don't Tell Me! Her newest TV special, recorded for Bravo, is Look What the Cat Dragged In.