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This American woman : a one-in-a-billion memoir.
"Award-winning comedian Zarna Garg turns her astonishing life story into a hilarious memoir -- from narrowly escaping an arranged marriage and homelessness in India to carving her own path in America and launching a dazzling second act in midlife"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780593975022
- Physical Description: 304 pages ; 20 cm
- Publisher: New York (State) : Random House Publishing Group, 2025.
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| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | Library Bound Incorporated |
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| Subject: | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women HUMOR / General |
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- Baker & Taylor
Recounts the authorâs journey from resisting an arranged marriage in India to building a multifaceted life in America, ultimately finding her calling in stand-up comedy while challenging expectations and embracing self-determination with humor and resilience. Illustrations. - Baker & Taylor
"Award-winning comedian Zarna Garg turns her astonishing life story into a hilarious memoir-from narrowly escaping an arranged marriage and homelessness in India to carving her own path in America and launching a dazzling second act in midlife"-- - Random House, Inc.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠Award-winning comedian Zarna Garg turns her astonishing life story into a hilarious memoir, spilling all the chai on her wild ride from escaping an arranged marriage and homelessness in India to carving her own path in America and launching a dazzling second act in midlife.
âA deeply honest and hilarious book about how you always win if you bet on yourself.ââAmy Poehler
Throughout Zarnaâs whole childhood in India, everyone called her âso Americanâ just for reading the newspaper, having deep thoughts, and talking back to anyone over the age of thirty. When Zarnaâs dad tried to marry her off at age fourteen, Zarna fledâfirst to the streets of Mumbai and ultimately to the glittering paradise of Akron, Ohio, where she got to become American for real.
On Zarnaâs very American quest to find herself and her calling, she threw herself wholeheartedly into roles like dog-bite lawyer, crazy perfectionist stay-at-home mom, Indian matchmaker, prizewinning screenwriter, and more. It wasnât until a dare led her to a stand-up comedy open mic that Zarna finally found her spiritual home: getting paid cold hard cash for her big fat mouth.
And as Zarna discovered, after surviving the brutal streets of Mumbai, the cutthroat world of stand-up comedy is nothing.
This American Woman is an exuberant story of fighting for your right to determine your own destiny and triumphing beyond what you ever dreamed was possible. Zarnaâs mantra becomes a call to action: Itâs never too late. If Zarna can do it, you can, too.
