Idiot: Life Stories from the Creator of Help Helen Smash

by Laura Clery

Overview

From nationally bestselling author, YouTube star, and Facebook Video sensation Laura Clery comes a collection of comedic essays that paint “an honest, complicated portrait of how your life can change” (SheKnows).

Laura Clery makes a living by sharing inappropriate comedy sketches with millions of strangers on the internet. She writes songs about her anatomy, talks trash about her one-eyed rescue pug, and sexually harasses her husband, Stephen. And it pays the bills!

Now, in her first-ever book, Laura recounts how she went from being a dangerously impulsive, broke, unemployable, suicidal, cocaine-addicted narcissist, crippled by fear and hopping from one toxic romance to the next...to a more-happy-than-not, somewhat rational, meditating, vegan yogi with good credit, a great marriage, a fantastic career, and four unfortunate-looking rescue animals. Still, above all, Laura remains an amazingly talented, adorable, and vulnerable, self-described...Idiot.

With her signature brand of offbeat, no-holds-barred humor, Idiot introduces you to a wildly original—and undeniably relatable—new voice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781982101954
Publisher:	Gallery Books
Publication date:	12/01/2020
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	41,897
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Laura Clery is an actress, influencer, and comedian best known for posting comedy sketches and vlogs about her day-to-day life on Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, where she has a combined twenty-two million followers and upwards of ten billion views. She is the author of Idiot and Idiots. Clery lives in Los Angeles with her husband, son, and daughter.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Oh, the Places I've Peed 1

Chapter 2 High School Hammer Time 17

Chapter 3 My Summer of (possibly too much) Freedom 45

Chapter 4 How to Ignore a Hundred Red Flags 59

Chapter 5 The Damon Inside 83

Chapter 6 A Spoonful of Sugar 109

Chapter 7 Look, Mom! I'm on TV! 135

Chapter 8 New Beginnings (But, like, for real) 161

Chapter 9 Two Apartments and a Home 193

Chapter 10 Maggie: Cat 213

Chapter 11 Walking Through Fear 223

Acknowledgments 247

Editorial Reviews

"Clery’s comedy succeeds due to the exact unflinching approach to vulnerable moments that she showcases in this essay collection, and she paints an honest, complicated portrait of how your life can change." —SheKnows

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