Little Weirds Jenny Slate Excerpt
It s different enough from ordinary english that it takes your brain a few very long sentences to adjust to its sweet flowery prose.
Little weirds jenny slate excerpt. Little weirds by jenny slate was a case of the book not living up to the beautiful cover. Judging from the content of jenny slate s little weirds the inside of her mind is a fascinating if unusual place in this collage of essays stories dreams both night and day and pieces that defy easy categorization the actor and comedian invites readers to pay an extended visit one that will leave them enlightened moved and sometimes pleasantly puzzled. And then i was so disappointed by the content. Comedian jenny slate s little weirds is just not weird enough the stand up comic s essays have soft and lovely moments steering readers toward finding their own vulnerabilities.
Stream little weirds by jenny slate read by jenny slate audiobook excerpt by hachetteaudio from desktop or your mobile device. Jenny slate a lightning bolt you can shake hands with. But once you ve recalibrated the actress comedian s book becomes a dreamy dessert for the eyeballs that uses playful language to. Her aptly named collection of personal essays little weirds gives readers a glimpse into her strangely funny and tender magically delicious mind divorced and broken hearted slate returns to her childhood home in massachusetts an old house haunted by the ghost of a forlorn sea.
But back to the sea captain and his broken heart. An amazon best book of november 2019. I somehow always felt that this was my story as well. I m a fan of jenny slate s so i was really excited when a galley of her new book came in.
Actress jenny slate s new book little weirds will be released november 5. It s different enough from ordinary english that it takes your brain a few very long sentences to adjust to its sweet flowery prose. Reading jenny slate s little weirds is like digesting shakespearean sonnets. But once you ve recalibrated the actress comedian s book becomes a dreamy dessert for the eyeballs that uses playful language to express deep sentiments about heartbreak anger.
Postponed date tbd los angeles ca largo. An interview with comedian actor and writer jenny slate about her new book of personal essays little weirds the comedian opens up about her new book feminism and writing her own death. This feels like a book that is trying way to hard to be literary and special.