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Survival of the Thickest
Survival of the Thickest | Michelle Buteau
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From the stand-up comedian, actress, and podcast host beloved for her cheeky swagger, charismatic presence, and unapologetic frankness, comes a book of comedic essays for readers of The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl and You Cant Touch My Hair. If youve watched television or movies in the past year, youve seen Michelle Buteau. With scene-stealing roles in Always Be My Maybe, First Wives Club, Someone Great, Russian Doll, and Tales of the City; a breakthrough stand-up special on Netflix and two podcasts (Late Night Whenever and Adulting), Michelles star is on the rise. Youd be forgiven for thinking the road to successor adulthood or financial stability or self-acceptance or marriage or motherhoodhas been easy; but youd be wrong. Now, in Survival of the Thickest, Michelle reflects on growing up Caribbean and thick in New Jersey and what it feels like to have a full heart, tight jeans, and stardom finally in sight.
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CaliforniaCay
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I only knew Michelle as a funny side character from a few things until I stumbled upon her netflix show loosely based off this book. I LOVED seeing her thrive as a main character!!! She's hilarious on and off the screen. Next I watched her in first wives club, then I listened to the audiobook. Most parts were hilarious but she got real and sad when talking about her infertility struggles. Love her energy and personality, hope to see more from her.

Mimi28 I have always loved her and been cheering for her. I especially like her name, lol. I‘m going to have to check this out. Thanks for the review 👍🏽 3mo
CaliforniaCay @Mimi28 I hope you like it as much as I did 🤗 3mo
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amma-keep-reading
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Watch the show then read this book. You'll be able to see where they take creative license but it works. But the book allows to a closer at who Michelle is.

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Nalbuque
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Solid comedy memoir! Nothing groundbreaking,or revolutionary, but if you like Michelle Buteau, this won‘t be a let down!

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SW-T
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Interesting story about her career, family, weight struggles, breast reduction, dental issues, relationship trials and successes, meeting her hubby, IVF treatments, and surrogacy. Very open, honest, heartfelt, and humorous memoir.

#nonfiction #memoir

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britt_brooke
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I was not previously familiar with Buteau, but I‘ll 100% be watching her standup “Buteaupia” ASAP. What a funny and sharp storyteller! From her New Jersey upbringing to her foray into standup following 9/11, and much in between, we get her life and perspectives. She‘s open about infertility and the accompanying stress and heartache, so be aware if that is a topic you‘d prefer to skip. A fantastic essay collection; audio recommended!

Julsmarshall Great review! 2y
Bookzombie Yay, great review! So happy to see her book reviewed. I enjoyed it too and her comedy special. I love her! 2y
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Cinfhen Sounds fun 🤩 2y
britt_brooke @Bookzombie Thank you! She‘s so funny! I can‘t believe I didn‘t know her before now. 2y
britt_brooke @Cinfhen I think you‘d enjoy! 2y
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BennettBookworm
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I‘ve passed my second #owlsreadingchallenge subject!! My goal is at least 3 prompts in 10 Hogwarts subjects and I‘m finding it super fun :)

ASTRONOMY:
🌟 Astronomy: Book involving outer space - Cloud Cuckoo Land
🌟Star struck: Book about a celeb - Michelle Buteau, Survival of the Thickest
🌟 Sirius Black: A character has a celestial name - Galileo‘s Daughter

LiteraryinLawrence This is such a cool challenge! 2y
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BennettBookworm
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Ahhhhhh!!!! Tonight I got to see Michelle Buteau LIVE with Ilana Glazer to talk about her new book!!!!! It was everything and more. I‘m pumped to read these essays and also can‘t wait to see it turned into a tv series. So grateful to hear her in person- not only is she hilarious, she‘s such a heartfelt, motivational speaker: “Say yes to yourself!”

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Bookzombie
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I did not have any doubt that I would enjoy Michelle Buteau‘s essay collection having already watched and enjoyed her Netflix stand up special and YouTube clips. I started this in print, but decided to rejoin Scribd so I could hear her read her own words. I laughed out loud as expected, but also shed a tear or two. #BookspinBingo

She just tied with Jerry Seinfeld for Best Comedy Special at the Critic‘s Choice Awards! Congrats to her!!

Reggie I‘ll have to look up her stand up. Sometimes to and from work I listen to stand up on Pandora. 3y
Bookzombie @Reggie She has an album, but I haven‘t checked it out yet. I hope you like her! 3y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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MsLeah8417
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Bookzombie This is setting at the library for me to pick up. 🙂 3y
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MsLeah8417
Survival of the Thickest | Michelle Buteau

Next up...working through my audiobooks on Libro.fm ☺️

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TaraTLK
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I just burned through this in audio. Essays on dating, changing careers to comedy after September 11th, fertility, family, and other such things. Funny, thoughtful, and just what I needed this week.

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