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In this laugh-out-loud funny and inspiring autobiography, one of Hollywoods best-loved comediennes muses about movies, men, motherhood, and MS
In a book that is at once Hollywood hilarious and personally moving, Teri Garr, star of such classic films asYoung Frankenstein, Oh God!, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Mr. Mom, andTootsie, for which she received an Academy Award nomination, writes about her life with the same wit and warmth that have won the hearts of fans for over three decades.
From sipping Cokes with Elvis Presley to hangin with the Beatles; from her secrets to succeeding in Hollywood without losing her sanity, to dealing with the fear, anxiety, and denial of being plagued by mysterious physical problems that eluded diagnosis for over twenty yearsthe insights inSpeedbumps, while always couched in Garrs trademark humor, are honest, heartfelt, and often profound. BACKCOVER: The driven comedian tells (almost) all[and] shes as dizzily funny as ever.
Entertainment Weekly
Garr sticks to the truth whether its hysterically funny, or, at times, heart wrenching. Read this book, its a lesson in courage.
Mel Brooks
