Im Just a Person, Tig Notaro
Im Just a Person, Tig Notaro
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I'm Just a Person

Author: Tig Notaro

Narrator: Tig Notaro

Unabridged: 5 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 06/14/2016

Synopsis

One of America’s most original comedic voices delivers a darkly funny, wryly observed, and emotionally raw account of her year of death, cancer, and epiphany.In the span of four months in 2012, Tig Notaro was hospitalized for a debilitating intestinal disease called C. diff, her mother unexpectedly died, she went through a breakup, and then she was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer. Hit with this devastating barrage, Tig took her grief onstage. Days after receiving her cancer diagnosis, she broke new comedic ground, opening an unvarnished set with the words: “Good evening. Hello. I have cancer. How are you? Hi, how are you? Is everybody having a good time? I have cancer.” The set went viral instantly and was ultimately released as Tig’s sophomore album, Live, which sold one hundred thousand units in just six weeks and was later nominated for a Grammy.Now, the wildly popular star takes stock of that no good, very bad year—a difficult yet astonishing period in which tragedy turned into absurdity and despair transformed into joy. An inspired combination of the deadpan silliness of her comedy and the open-hearted vulnerability that has emerged in the wake of that dire time, I’m Just a Person is a moving and often hilarious look at this very brave, very funny woman’s journey into the darkness and her thrilling return from it.

About Tig Notaro

Tig Notaro is an American stand-up comic, writer, actor, and radio contributor. She writes, produces, and stars in the semiautobiographical series One Mississippi for Amazon Studios, where she can also be seen in her recurring role on the critically acclaimed series Transparent. In 2015, her HBO stand-up special premiered along with Tig, the Netflix Original Documentary about her life. Tig remains a favorite on Conan and This American Life, tours internationally, and enjoys bird-watching with her wife, Stephanie, and kitten, Fluff, at their home in Los Angeles.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Heidi on January 01, 2017

Tig Notaro is a survivor. Her dry humor shines through these pages as she tells her life story: multiple brushes with death, romantic relationships, and snapshots of her childhood, parents, and thought processes. She shows us that she's "just a person", yes, but also how extraordinary an ordinary pe......more

Goodreads review by Dave on February 27, 2020

The week after 9/11 The New Yorker’s cover was black and within, no cartoons. Comedy clubs were closed. But within a week the clubs reopened and the jokes flowed, and they were welcome. It’s what they do, comedians, make lemonade from lemons and then pour it over their heads and yours and make you l......more

Goodreads review by Liz on June 22, 2016

I adore Tig Notaro, and would watch anything she does. Which is why this book came as such a disappointment. It's sloppily put together and feels like it was written as an afterthought; more than 3/4 of the book is simply a retelling of what's been told in her performances, and the rest is perfuncto......more

Goodreads review by Ray on June 11, 2024

Disclaimer: Tig Notaro is an excellent comedian, but this book is not funny. It's something else. A heartfelt account of her bad recent years, in which she got sick and her mother died and she got breast cancer. Tig really loved her mother and talks about it at length. To be honest, I think the book......more

Goodreads review by da on August 16, 2020

Don't believe the title for a nanosecond--Tig is amazing! As the last person to hear of Tig Notaro, the only one to meet her through this intriguing autobiography, I am blown away by what she's accomplished. She performs a fabulous narration about the challenges that she's surmounted as an adult--an......more

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