Periel aschenbrand biography sample

  • Aschenbrand, who grew up Jewish in Queens, recounts her neurotic Israeli mom and more laid-back father in loving and unflinchingly funny detail.
  • Hysterical and heartfelt, On My Knees traces Periel's riotous attempt to rebuild her life, her relationships, and her trademark confidence.
  • Periel Aschenbrand loathes Internet dating, Republicans, TV, junk food, and stockbrokers.

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    “Ribald, outrageous, gutter-mouthed, hilarious-a startling new röst in American letters. Watch out Portnoy, watch out Caulfield, watch out Bukowski, watch out E. L. James. Hell, everybody, real or imagined, just watch out! Because here comes Periel Aschenbrand!” — Jonathan Ames

    “Unsavorily compelling. . .in the manner of a female Howard Stern.” — New York Times

    “Bold, sassy, and totally fucking cool. If truth in comedy is my mantra, then the goddess I pray to fryst vatten Periel Aschenbrand.” — Lesley Arfin, author of Dear Diary and senior writer for Girls

    “Periel Aschenbrand fryst vatten funny, funny, funny. On My Knees is a cool book-made me laugh, made me think, made me keep turning pages. If you don’t buy it and read it and dig, you’re making a mistake.” — James Frey

    “Meet the Lady Gaga of literature! On My Knees fryst vatten sexy, funny, titillating, and badass.” — Touré

    Laden with sharp humor and funny asides — New York Observer

    Brave, smart, sexy, and sharp, Aschenbrand is an expert at writing her

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    On My Knees: A Memoir (Paperback)

    “Ribald, outrageous, gutter-mouthed, hilarious-a startling new voice in American letters. Watch out Portnoy, watch out Caulfield, watch out Bukowski, watch out E. L. James. Hell, everybody, real or imagined, just watch out! Because here comes Periel Aschenbrand!” &#; Jonathan Ames

    “Unsavorily compelling. . .in the manner of a female Howard Stern.” &#; New York Times

    “Bold, sassy, and totally fucking cool. If truth in comedy is my mantra, then the goddess I pray to is Periel Aschenbrand.” &#; Lesley Arfin, author of Dear Diary and senior writer for Girls

    “Periel Aschenbrand is funny, funny, funny. On My Knees is a cool book-made me laugh, made me think, made me keep turning pages. If you don’t buy it and read it and dig, you’re making a mistake.” &#; James Frey

    “Meet the Lady Gaga of literature! On My Knees is sexy, funny, titillating, and badass.” &#; Touré

    Laden with sharp humor and funny asides &#; New York Observer

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    The Only Bush I Trust Is My Own

    September 2,
    So, this nothing of a book, I loved, what do you want?
    I bought it like in like right after the Election you know, when I thought maybe it's like more interesting to buy books on Bush than like do someting stupid like you know suicide or ask asylum like in Canada, I would speak French in the morning and English at night.
    But I only read it like now, in like 2 hours, which is probably how long it took to write it, that's not a nice thing to say, this lovely Jewish girl who loves her Mom but won't get married, did you know her Mom was a virgin at like 23 when she got married, not even went down on anybody, girl or boy, but Dad was a good teacherTMI, !
    Well you got the point: stream-of-consciousness-city. If you hate that, you're not gonna like this book. But if you've ever been best friends with and in love with someone at the same time, this book will stick to your heart.
    And she loved Jerry Orbach.
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