
For fans of David Sedaris and Chelsea Handler, these stories and essays about friendship, celebrity, growing up and getting sober will have you laughing and crying in equal measure.ham (noun) hæm 1 the hind leg of a hog, salted,
- Title : Ham: Slices of a Life: Essays and Stories
- Author : Sam Harris
- Rating : 4.58 (552 Vote)
- Publish : 2014-11-19
- Format : Hardcover
- Pages : 304 Pages
- Asin : 1476733414
- Language : English
For fans of David Sedaris and Chelsea Handler, these stories and essays about friendship, celebrity, growing up and getting sober will have you laughing and crying in equal measure.
ham (noun) hæm
1 the hind leg of a hog, salted, smoked, and cured
2 second son of Noah
3 somebody who performs in an exaggerated showy style
-always hamming it up
Just when you thought you knew everything about ham, you discover that ham is also:
4 a reason to laugh about everyday life, and
5 an irresistible collection of humorous essays from a man who was born to entertain us. What better place to find painfully funny material than in growing up gay, gifted, and ambitious in the heart of the Bible belt? And that’s just the first cut: From partying to parenting, from Sunday school to getting sober, thesHis is an eagerness that’s endearing….hilarious…teary. With humor, soul-baring, name-dropping, and just the right mix of vulnerability, Ham is a definite pleasure to read. Harris’s tale concerns his struggle with his homosexuality, his attempted suicide and his eventual self-acceptance. The word “ham” says it all." (Stephen Holden, The New Yorker (on the musical performance based on Ham)) "Harris has the writing chops to tell a good taleentertaining and occasionally moving tales from the wilds of showbiz." (Kirkus)“With a wry sense of humor, Harris writes about his life through humorous essays. "A vividly crafted series of essaysa charmingly candid collection." (Publishers Weekly (starred review))“Reading singer-actor Harris’s essays is like having your smartest gay BFF propped up on your pillow sipping cosmos, regaling you with gossip and his keen wit.” (People)“The essays in Ham are both rip-roaringly funny and sentimental, drawing natural (and justified) comparisons to DavidSam was a series regular on the CBS series, The Class, and has appeared on numerous television shows as an actor and also a popular talk show guest on everything from Leno to Oprah to Fallon. Sam lives in Los Angeles with his husband, Danny, and their child, Cooper. He now adds author to his long list of accomplishments with the release of his first book: Ham: Slices of a Life, a collection of essays and stories published by Simon & Schuster. Sam has nine studio CDs to his credit and has toured the world in concert, played The White House, Carnegie Hall, with the Boston Pops and with Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors tour. Sam Harris’s diversified career has run the gamut from singer and songwriter to actor on Broadway, film, and television to writer, director, and producer. He is also a Tony nominated Broadway star, (The Life, Grease, The Producers) and starred in numerous off-Broadway productions including Joseph and the Amazing TecYou will be glad you did!. Do I need someone with a Ph.D. I assume he closed his eyes for the entire production, and I can't blame him.That said, if you to a second edition of your terrific book, either obliterate the entry, or change the entry to reflect the correct song changes.Morgan LaVere. There's everything a self-publisher might need to know like how to construct a publishing timeline, how to calculate the size of a print run, ideas on how to sell more copies, how to cut costs, how to deal with printers and even how to organise a book launch.The aspect I really love is that this book caters for those who want to do a small print run (even a single, special book) as well as for those who want thousands of copies. Tarver and others just simply do not provde the breadth or the scope of this book. A beautiful book of essays on the West, talks about about Life not gayness, not just movie Cowboys and Indians fighting it out but actual people building their lives for themselves on a day to day basis. They may be well known, but I think there are many other authors out there that would have been a better choice for the money.HATE the loose-leaf paper - too flimsy and cheap!!. She also said she hopes this woman will break his heart. Free the Market! is a fa


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