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Sure, I'll join your cult : a memoir of mental illness and the quest to belong anywhere  Cover Image Book Book

Sure, I'll join your cult : a memoir of mental illness and the quest to belong anywhere / Maria Bamford.

Summary:

From stand-up comedian Maria Bamford, a brutally honest and hilariously frenetic memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfort of rigid belief systems-- from Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People, to Suzuki violin training, to Richard Simmons, to twelve-step programs. Maria Bamford is a comedian's comedian (an outsider among outsiders) and has forever fought to find a place to belong. From struggling with an eating disorder as a child of the 1980s, to navigating a career in the arts (and medical debt and psychiatric institutionalization), she has tried just about every method possible to not only be a part of the world, but to want to be a part of it. In Bamford's signature voice, Sure, I'll Join Your Cult, brings us on a quest to participate in something. With sincerity and transparency, she recounts every anonymous fellowship she has joined (including but not limited to: Debtors Anonymous, Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, and Overeaters Anonymous), every hypomanic episode (from worrying about selling out under capitalism to enforcing union rules on her Netflix TV show set to protect her health), and every easy 1-to-3-step recipe for fudge in between. Singular and inimitable, Bamford's memoir explores what it means to keep going, and to be a member of society (or any group she's invited to) despite not being very good at it. In turn, she hopes to transform isolating experiences into comedy that will make you feel less alone (without turning into a cult following).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781982168568 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 1982168560 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: x, 272 pages : black and white illustrations, photographs ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Gallery Books hardcover edition 2023.
  • Publisher: New York : Gallery Books, 2023.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: Sure, I'll join your cult -- Part 1: My indoctrination, the cult of family. Getting current, what life is like now ; Diagnos-yes! ; My first cult, my family ; Loose cannon (and high priest of hilarity) ; My sister, the funny (chosen) one ; The temple of thin! ; Suzuki violin ; Dale Carnegie (Winning friends and influencing people!) ; Overeaters anonymous -- Part 2: Cult following, the cult of fame. Showbiz! The cult! The artist's way! ; Debtors anonymous ; OCD CBT that is not free ; My ?th (who cares) cult, Sex and love addicts anonymous ; The cult of success ; I killed God (and the circumstances leading up to a breakdown) ; The breakdown begins -- Part 3: The cult of mental health care. Hospitalization #1 ; Hospitalization #2 ; Hospitalization #3, certificate of completion ; Boundaries, I will not join 'just' anything ; Bipolar acting job, Lady Dynamite ; My tenth cult, Recovering couples anonymous -- Obligatory suicide disclaimer -- Appendix: The twelve (silly) steps of (super stupid) twelve-step programs (My version, which is unapproved and apostate).
Subject: Bamford, Maria, 1970-
Comedians > United States > Biography.
Mentally ill > United States > Biography.
Genre: Autobiographies.

Available copies

  • 25 of 30 copies available at SPARK Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Juniata County.

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  • 0 current holds with 30 total copies.
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