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Guts
- The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster
- Narrated by: Kristen Johnston
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
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Summary
"It felt like I was speeding on the Autobahn toward hell, trapped inside a DeLorean with no brakes. And even if I could somehow stop, I'd still be screwed, because there's no way I'd ever be able to figure out how to open those insane, cocaine-designed doors."
The two-time Emmy Award-winning actress has written her first book, a surprisingly raw and triumphant memoir that is outrageous, moving, sweet, tragic, and heartbreakingly honest. Guts is a true triumph - a memoir that manages to be as frank and revealing as Augusten Burroughs, yet as hilarious and witty as David Sedaris.
With Guts, Johnston takes us on a journey so truthful and relatable, so remarkably fresh, it promises to stay with the listener for a long, long time.
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- MRS J GAMMON
- 10-06-20
Funny frank,and honest
A really good account of the horrors that can befall opium addicts,with a good dollop of booze thrown in. Yes a strong and graphic account of addiction so funny in places you can’t help but fall in love with her. Well I did. And that voice,all in all just SUPERB.
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- Daniel
- 23-01-15
The best kind of raw!!
This book is sensational! I could listen to Kristen voice all day.
A great story that hits your core and your funny bone!!
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- petemc79
- 15-07-20
Heart warming and funny
Recommended by Donald Faison in his scrubs rewatch podcast.
This story is a laugh out loud, funny and heart warming story of Kristen’s life has she came to terms with her addiction and what happened to help her become sober.
Well worth a listen only 4 hours long so it’s a great way to fill an afternoon
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- Anonymous User
- 13-05-20
raw and guts-y
an extremely real and down to earth story about an incredible lady overcoming her demons.
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- D S.
- 12-09-20
A Must read for addicts and their victims
Brutally honest,at times cringeworthy funny and well worth a listen if you want to understand addiction
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- N
- 12-01-15
Outstanding
Kristen Johnson was simply the woman from 3rd Rock to me who I recognised from her guesting on RuPaul's Drag Race. Now, she's someone I applaud for her writing, her honesty, her drive to create change. I'm so thankful I found this amazing book. It's helped me and changed me. Plus it's damn well read by the author.
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- AudiobookDevotee
- 01-07-21
No 3rd Rock stories
I bought this book because Zach Braff mentioned it on the Fake Doctors, Real Friends podcast since he bought Kristen's house. I thought "I didn't realise she was high/drunk filming 3rd Rock. I bet those are some interesting stories. They were no 3rd Rock stories. I think the series was slightly mentioned maybe half a dozen times and this is intentional since the author chose not to mention friends/family as she "didn't want to tell other people's stories".
Ok, so the book: The foreword is a bit over dramatic so just plough through it. It does a lot of direct talk AT the reader about how we're all addicted etc. If it's pissing you off akip to 10:55 when Chapter 1 really starts. Or in fact skip to chapter 2 which is when the actual autobiography starts and the direct talking to the listener stops somewhat.
You'll then get an hour and a bit of her being bullied in school for being too tall and too weird looking. This was sad but and interesting part of how her character was shaped. Then she gets the 3rd Rock role and we skip over to after 3rd Rock when she's landed a role in a London play. Her stomach is messed up by years of drug use and splits or something one day so she ends up in hospital.
We then get 1.5-2 hours of hospital time and recovery, infection, more hospital time. Not super exciting. Then half an hour of sobering up and half an hour of epilogue about her struggled where she says the idea for a book came about because of financial troubles.
I hope my Audible credit helps her money woes but I didn't find anything unique or super interesting here. I sympathise with her and as a 3rd Rock fan I was captivated enough to see it through to the end but then the book being ~4 hours long helped with that. I don't normally read books about addiction and such so maybe this is the usual style they are written in? I don't know.
I will say the narration was good and very emotive especially since it was done by the author.
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- MR
- 05-03-15
Fantastic!!
This was heartbreaking yet hilarious. Insightful and purely honest! Great listen! Would highly recommend. This woman is a bloody star.
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- Scott McG
- 18-08-17
LOVED
Loved the honesty of this book. From one suffering addict to another, it definitely must have took guts to write and release this for the world to sit back and judge. p.s The only thing I'm judging right now is the NHS staff in London. They treated her like garbage. Such a shame.
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- Bee
- 10-03-23
Excrutiating
English accents. If you are British beware the terrible English accents make, this otherwise interesting book, painful to listen to.
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