#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In hilarious and tender essays Chelsea Handler shares her
unforgettable story of becoming the woman she always wanted to be. “A raw and raucous
exploration of Handler’s ongoing search for self . . . [She’s] disarming us with humor to get
at our softest selves and meeting us with her own.”— Oprah Daily There’s a woman I want to
become Chelsea Handler thought as a child. She’ll be strong and confident. She’ll light up a
room and spread that light to make others feel better. She’ll make a living being herself.
She’ll be a survivor. At ten years old Chelsea opened a lemonade stand and realized she’d
make more money if the drinks were spiked. So she added vodka to her recipe and used her
earnings to upgrade herself to first-class on a family vacation—leaving her parents and
siblings in coach. She moved to Los Angeles and got fired from her temp job when she admitted
she didn’t know how to transfer calls. She’s played pickleball with the scions of an American
dynasty. She’s sexted a governor. She shared psychedelics with strangers in Spain. When she
accidentally ended up at dinner with Woody Allen she was not going to leave the table without
asking him a very personal pointed question. She went on national television and talked about
having threesomes. She's never been one to hold back. But this life of adventure and
absurdity is only part of her story. Chelsea knows what it is to truly show up for her
family—canine and human biological and chosen. She’s discovered how to spend time with herself
how to meditate how to be open to love and how to end a relationship with dignity. She is a
sister to the many women who rely on her. Surprisingly vulnerable and always outrageous
Chelsea Handler captures the antic-filled exhilarating and joyful life she’s built—a life
that makes the rest of us think I’ll have what she’s having .
