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People Are Unappealing: Even Me [Paperback]

Sara Barron
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (81 customer reviews)

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Book Description

March 10, 2009
Born the child of a homo and a hypochondriac (Okay, okay. Her dad’s not really a homosexual. He just acts like it. Her mom, however, really is a hypochondriac), Sara Barron never stood a chance of being normal. At age eleven, she starts writing porn (“He humped me wildly with his wiener”). At twelve, she gets mistaken for a trannie. The pre-op sort, no less. By seventeen, she's featured on the Jerry Springer Show. And that’s all before she hits New York.

People Are Unappealing tells the strange, funny, and sometimes filthy stories of Sara Barron’s twisted suburban upbringing and deranged attempt at taking the Big Apple by storm–first as an actor (then a waiter), then a dancer (then a waiter), then a comic (then a waiter). It’s there that she meets the ex-boyfriend turned street clown. The silk pajama-clad poet. The OCD Xanax addict who refuses to have sex wearing any fewer than three condoms.

Barron has a knack for attracting the unattractive. People Are Unappealing is her wickedly funny look at the dark side of humanity.

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Editorial Reviews

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“These days, the market is pretty well saturated when it comes to memoir. Which means it has to be good; it has to be different. Sara Barron's essays about her childhood, her parents, her life in acting school in Manhattan and her fellow actors are, dare we say it, as funny as David Sedaris'. . . . Barron swats these quirks around like a cat with a big, juicy catnip toy. When you aren't squirming, you're laughing out loud.”
Los Angeles Times

“[W]hat happens to a bildungsroman in the Craigslist age. It follows the author on a mad-as-hell/not-taking-it-anymore complaining spree through the dregs of thankless, low-wage jobs. Along the way, Barron makes several keen observations about the strange things people do, and also manages to canonize John Stamos as ‘the most flawless man who has ever lived,’ which had to be done by somebody.”
—Gothamist

“Humorist and former Highland Park resident Sara Barron thinks many people, including her, are unappealing. Sexed-up college roommates, freaky online suitors, dads who know way too many show tunes -- they're all rib-ticklingly eviscerated in Barron's relentlessly self-deprecating new book, People Are Unappealing.”
Chicago Sun-Times

“With People are Unappealing, a collection of hilarious personal essays, Sara Barron will attract comparisons to David Sedaris and Sloane Crosley. But anyone tempted to buy into that idea should know that Sedaris and Crosley come off as adorable children in Barron's presence.”
Cleveland Plain Dealer

“Barron [is] a delightful combination of Saturday Night Live's Kristin Wiig and a frizzier-haired Lucille Ball.”
Independent Weekly (Raleigh/Durham, NC)

“Sara Barron has written one of those books that force readers to make a choice: Either you’re willing to find the humor in a young Jewish woman talking about getting diarrhea after meeting John Stamos and suffering through Schindler’s List or you're not. For those willing to go on this adventure, welcome. Everybody else, please continue on to the ‘S’ section of the bookstore, where you'll find the milquetoast humor of David Sedaris, to whom Barron will undoubtedly be compared…. [S]he possess a good pen for breezy narrative and a well-tuned awareness of the line separating the everyday absurd from the entirely too-much-personal-information-to-share-in-your-out-loud-voice…, but even better is the shameless glee with which she crosses that line again and again and again and again.”
Baltimore City Paper

“A wickedly funny and dirty treasure trove of modern-day oddballs. The darker and more unsparing Sara Barron gets, the more her essays transform into a warped love letter to life’s most unusual citizens.”
—Sloane Crosley, author of I Was Told There’d Be Cake

“With this smart and funny debut, Sara Barron establishes herself as the Michael Phelps of complaining.”
—Andy Borowitz, New Yorker contributor

“Truly a pee-inducingly hilarious book. . . . Unrelenting, fearlessly funny essays.”
—Mike Albo, author of The Underminer

“Fast, reckless, and precarious–an out-of-control tour bus careening though the horrors of Nerve.com dating and waitressing at the Olive Garden and bar-top dancing for NY rednecks: The ride will leave you reeling and breathless.”
—George Dawes Green, author of The Caveman’s Valentine

About the Author

SARA BARRON’s work has appeared on Showtime’s This American Life, National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition, and the Today show and at the HBO Comedy Festival in Aspen, Colorado. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. This is her first book.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Three Rivers Press; Original edition (March 10, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0307382451
  • ISBN-13: 978-0307382450
  • Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 5.2 x 7.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (81 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,838 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Customer Reviews

She can make any situation funny with her great wit and sharp writing style. Karen Lear  |  26 reviewers made a similar statement
You WILL laugh out loud reading this book. Binnie Klein  |  12 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars I totally peed myself laughing August 20, 2009
Format:Paperback
My kids and I were stuck at the airport all day, fortunately for me I found this book. I have never read anything that made me laugh out loud so many times. People came and went, occasionally people asked what was so funny, when I read a few excerpts out loud some went over to buy it themselves (unfortunately the airport shop only had like 3 copies.)
I am a huge David Sedaris fan, I also like Augusten Burroughs, Cynthia Heimel, Laurie Notaro, but here's my question - it took those authors at least 3 books to get even close to this funny! This is her debut?!!!? Wow!!!
If you like smart edgy dark witty smartass desperately funny writing, you've got to read this book. I PROMISE you will laugh yourself inside out.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Laughed so hard I Cried December 19, 2009
Format:Paperback
I haven't ever written a review before but this book deserves one. I got this from my boyfriends mother and I am not much of a reader; I figured I could read it on the bus to work. Well needless to say everyone on my bus route now thinks I am a crazy because I would read and laugh, with tears sometimes. Anyway I expected little and got a huge reward in return. It was a good read.
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13 of 16 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars People on the subway keep looking at me funny March 11, 2009
Format:Paperback
Mostly because I'm THAT guy who keeps laughing a little too loudly. I challenge you to get through Chapter 2 (when a certain porno script written by a 12 yr old is discovered) without breaking out.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
2.0 out of 5 stars Read the 1st Chapter & Stop
The only good thing about this book is the first chapter. After that, you may as well stop reading. It becomes incredibly inappropriate for no good reason. Read more
Published 24 days ago by Deb8r
3.0 out of 5 stars Made me laugh out loud and uncomfortable a few times too!
This book was funny. I laughed out loud several times. It was disturbing and raunchy. I thought it ended abruptly and could have been more conclusive.
Published 2 months ago by Mary A. Irwin
4.0 out of 5 stars Funny book
This book was relatively funny. I still don't know who Sara Barron is but the book was well written and made me laugh a lot.
Published 3 months ago by ashley hoppa
1.0 out of 5 stars Yawn!
The first two lines in the Book Description (about her mother being a hypochondriac and her father being a homo but not really; he just acts like one) were enough to make me want... Read more
Published 4 months ago by M. Quinones
4.0 out of 5 stars Laugh laugh laugh
I really enjoyed this book it was hysterical at times. It was light enough for anyone to enjoy. I feel like it started out slow, but quickly picked up with lots of humorous... Read more
Published 4 months ago by J. Suphan
4.0 out of 5 stars Funny read.
Entertaining book about Sarah's life experiences. You will laugh! I was expecting a stronger ending to the book though. Enjoy!
Published 4 months ago by Alicia
5.0 out of 5 stars Not Your Typical Humor Bio...
Sara...I can't wait for your next book. You don't try too hard. You bare yourself and many of your readers can relate to you. We've been you in our own situations. Read more
Published 4 months ago by John P
3.0 out of 5 stars A good take...
On trying to make it big in the acting world. Ms. Barron's life isn't what she expected it would be, but it sure does make for quite a funny little book!
Published 5 months ago by Rebecca VonBraun
4.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious!
Not much to add for reviews but this book is a light, fast, hilarious read. I agree with so much this writer says. Very much in the dark humor David Sedaris as a female grain.
Published 5 months ago by North Shore
3.0 out of 5 stars Don't Expect A Pulitzer
I have never cringed at a book for than this one. However, I did laugh, which is enough for me. The book ended rather abruptly, but it was an okay read. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Ameri_star
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