“This book is the inspirational story that we all need. No one makes me laugh harder than
Leanne Morgan!”—Reese Witherspoon The “Mrs. Maisel of Appalachia” packs a hilarious punch
with real talk about what it’s like to be a woman today—from rebelling against the latest diet
trends to dealing with perimenopausal mean girls and attending rock concerts in middle age.
For a long time no one pulling the strings in the comedy world thought that a woman over fifty
from rural Tennessee could make it in the industry. But Leanne Morgan has defied the odds
reaching millions with her musings on hormones low-rise britches Weight Watchers and her
opposites-attract relationship with her husband Chuck. In her charming southern accent
Morgan brings readers inside her quest to find her voice after spending many years trying to
figure out what that meant. Along the way we learn how she grew up as a butcher’s daughter
landed a husband with health insurance honed her stand-up technique selling jewelry at house
parties embraced the glories of aging and surrendered to the comfort of wearing big
flesh-toned panties. Equal parts warm and hilarious this book is a must-read by one of
comedy’s rising stars—reminding you that every time life leaves you asking “What in the world?!
” something good is bound to come out of it someday.
