Miss Fortune: Fresh Perspectives on Having It All from Someone Who Is Not Okay

210 Pages·2016·1.36 MB·English

by  Weedman

A PLUME BOOK
MISS FORTUNE

Sean Rainer
is a comedic actress, author, and playwright. Her first show,
LAUREN WEEDMAN
Homecoming, began as a fifteen-minute performance art piece at Seattle’s On the
Boards and went on to go off-Broadway in New York City. Bust, about her work
in the LA county jail, was awarded a MacDowell fellowship for playwriting by
the Alpert Awards, as well as several “best of the arts” across the nation. She has
written and performed ten solo plays: Homecoming, Amsterdam, If Ornaments
Had Lips, Huu, They Got His Mouth Right, Rash, Wreckage, Bust, No . . . You
Shut Up, and The People’s Republic of Portland. Her television credits include
The Daily Show, True Blood, United States of Tara, Reno 911!, Curb Your
Enthusiasm, New Girl, and Arrested Development. She played Horny Patty on
HBO’s Hung, and most recently she played Doris in HBO’s series Looking.
Weedman’s first book, A Woman Trapped in a Woman’s Body: Tales from a Life
of Cringe, a collection of comedic essays, was named by Kirkus Reviews as a top
ten indie book for 2007. Weedman is the host of the popular Moth storytelling
series in Santa Monica, California.

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Names: Weedman, Lauren.
Title: Miss Fortune : fresh perspectives on having it all from someone who is
not okay / Lauren Weedman.
Description: New York : Plume, 2016.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015040359 | ISBN 9780142180235 (paperback) | ISBN 9781101620564 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Weedman, Lauren. | Actors—United States—Biography. |
Comedians—United States—Biography. | Conduct of life—Humor. | BISAC:
HUMOR / Form Essays. | HUMOR Topic Adult. | PERFORMING ARTS
Television / General.
Classification: LCC PN2287.W45557 A3 2016 | DDC 818/.602—dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015040359
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CONTENTS
About the Author
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Author’s Note
Epigraph
Love of My Life
Carlos the Dog Learns to Juggle
Piles of Idiots
BFF
Skin on Skin
Dirty Laundry
Horny Patty
Serial Killer Blues
Strippery Slope
#Grateful
To All the Gays I’ve Loved Before
Gang Toast
Cold, Cold Water
Acknowledgments
This book is dedicated to Leo, who helped me stop spitting into the wind (but
only metaphorically, since I know how much he enjoys spitting)