I Love Your Laugh Finding the Light in My Screwball Life

The three years I spent in prison taught me to hate. Fork fights and throat punches were my pastimes. But that's how it goes when you've raised yourself on spite and envy. OK, that wasn't me. Not all comedians come from a dark place. . . . In this hilarious memoir, Jessica Holmes, a fan favourite on the hit shows The Holmes Showand Royal Canadian Air Farce, offers her witty observations on everything from her eclectic upbringing by a right-wing, Mormon father and a feminist mother, to her experiences as a missionary in Venezuela, to her own trial-and-error adventures in childrearing. Delving into personal experiences never discussed before, Holmes reveals her struggle to find laughter off-stage and spins comedy gold from her fumbles. The combination makes for an inspirational, heartwarming, and thoroughly side-splitting treat. From the Hardcover edition.

JESSICA HOLMES is a comedian, writer, actress, and speaker. She has appeared in numerous films and television shows, as well as onstage in the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal, in Second City's Touring Company, and opening for comedic luminaries such as Leslie Nielsen and Jerry Seinfeld. She has starred in her own comedy series and special, The Holmes Show and Holmes Alone, and most recently in Royal Canadian Air Farce. She has been nominated for several Canadian Comedy Awards as well as the Gemini Award for her TV and sketch comedy work.

ONE
Welcome to Myself
 
TWO
Growing Up: The Accidental Comedy
 
THREE
Thanks for Everything, Genna!
 
FOUR
Keeping Up with the Mormon Joneses
 
FIVE
Don’t Cry for Me, Venezuela
 
SIX
Working Nine to Nine
 
SEVEN
Hot vs. Healthy
 
EIGHT
I Was the Perfect Mom (and Then I Had Kids)
 
NINE
Buy One Spouse, Get In-Laws Free!
 
TEN
Don’t Die with Your Music in You
 
ELEVEN
How Jessie Got Her Groove Back
 
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