Published in 2005
191 pages
Margaret Smith (b. 1956) is an American six-time Emmy Award-winning standup comic, actress, writer, and producer. She is known for her deadpan and often acerbic delivery, reminiscent of Eve Arden. Smith lives in Austin, Texas with her two sons.
What is this book about?
Blithely disregarding conventional wisdom that female comics must labor within proscribed borders, one of America’s senior comedic writers describes what she thought it would be like–and what it was really like– to become a single mother.
