Devastating. Razor sharp. Provocative. And true. Based on the “powerful, hilarious, and riveting” (Ron Chernow, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Washington) one-woman show.
From Prada to poverty-one woman's harrowing and hilarious journey
Ex-model Hogan Gorman was living the typical New York working actor's life-auditions and classes by day, waitressing and fending off handsy customers by night-when a wise (or just crazy) friend convinced her to ask the universe for a change. And she got one-coming at her at forty miles per hour. Hit by a car and suffering debilitating injuries, and with no health insurance, the fashionista attempts to bounce back into her (thrift store-purchased) Jimmy Choos even as she deals with short-term memory loss, stalker ambulance drivers, trying to stay vegan on food stamps, crazy judges, hot doctors, and unsympathetic government workers.
Inspired by her acclaimed one-woman show, this is a bitingly funny and keenly observed account of the cracks in our medical and social welfare system and how one woman's resilience combined with a generous dollop of humor helped her fight her way to recovery.
- Published : 06/03/2012
- ISBN : 9780399537288
- Format : Paperback
- Imprint : TarcherPerigee
- Size (mm): 133 x 203
- Category: Biography
- Pages : 272
- Edition :