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My Life as a Goddess

By: Guy Branum, Mindy Kaling - foreword
Narrated by: Guy Branum, Mindy Kaling - foreword
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Summary

In the vein of New York Times best sellers Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling and We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby, a collection of side-splitting and illuminating essays by the popular stand-up comedian, alum of Chelsea Lately and The Mindy Project, and host of truTV’s Talk Show the Game Show.

From a young age, Guy Branum always felt as if he were on the outside looking in.

Self-taught, introspective, and from a stiflingly boring farm town, he couldn’t relate to his neighbors. While other boys played outside, he stayed indoors reading Greek mythology. And being gay and overweight, he got used to diminishing himself. But little by little, he started learning from all the sad, strange, lonely outcasts in history who had come before him, and he started to feel hope.

In this collection of personal essays, Guy talks about finding a sense of belonging at Berkeley - and stirring up controversy in a newspaper column that led to a run‑in with the Secret Service. He recounts the pitfalls of being typecast as the “Sassy Gay Friend”, and how, after taking a wrong turn in life (i.e. law school), he found stand‑up comedy and artistic freedom. He analyzes society’s calculated deprivation of personhood from fat people, and how, though it’s taken him a while to accept who he is, he has learned that with a little patience and a lot of humor, self-acceptance is possible.

Written with Guy’s characteristic blend of wit, guile, and rumination, My Life as a Goddess is an unforgettable and deeply moving book by one of today’s most endearing and galvanizing voices in comedy.

©2018 Guy Branum (P)2018 Simon & Schuster
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Some of the most heartfelt and generous writing I’ve ever experienced, punctuated with up-tempo Jazz (?) Guy’s warmth and wit is clearly demonstrated through his narration. Although I have finished this now, I don’t think it will leave me for a wile.

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5 Stars, and I have t even finished!

I’m only about half way through but I had to leave a review.

So, I had never heard of Guy Barnum before, until he was a guest on the podcast “Food 4 Thot” and I was like this guy is hilarious. He mentioned his book and I just had to find it. I searched it in audible and downloaded it right away. It did not disappoint! It’s funny, clever and very heartfelt! Cannot recommend it enough!

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