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BEDWETTER Paperback – Illustrated, March 2, 2011

3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 2,325 ratings

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From the outrageously filthy and oddly innocent comedienne and star of the powerful 2015 film I Smile Back Sarah Silverman comes a memoir—her first book—that is at once shockingly personal, surprisingly poignant, and still pee-in-your-pants funny. 

In this collection of humorous essays, Sarah Silverman tells tales of growing up Jewish in New Hampshire, losing her virginity, learning to curse at 3 years old, and being a bedwetter until she was old enough to drive, and in a surprisingly poignant piece, she recounts the accidental death of her infant brother. Of course, in her loopy, taboo-breaking way, she always manages somehow to leave you laughing. But then you’d expect nothing less from a woman who sang to her boyfriend on national television that she was “F***ing Matt Damon.”

If you like Sarah’s television show The Sarah Silverman Program, or memoirs such as Chelsea Handler’s Are You There Vodka? It’s Me Chelsea and Artie Lange’s Too Fat to Fish, you’ll love The Bedwetter.

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“Hilarious memoir...Silverman never shies away from poking fun at her own expense. Though she’s best known for sexually explicit jokes, Silverman is able to address more serious subjects in the book without losing her edge, particularly her teenage struggle with depression.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Deftly mixes the spit-take funny stuff with an unsentimental but enlightened look back at her not-so-charmed life and career.” — Vanity Fair

“Readers...get a fully realized portrait of Silverman: tales from a youth spent moistening mattresses and fighting depression in New Hampshire; her salad days as a struggling comedienne in New York; and the various trials that have come with being the filthiest, funniest woman on television.” — Elle

“In this book, as onstage, she has the power to shock―not so easy in these times. Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor crossed lines; now that the controversy has faded, we remember their genius. And so we will with Sarah Silverman.” — People

“An engrossing (and grossing) journey from childhood to childish adulthood.... Silverman’s standup, normally marked by a detached persona and thick outer layer of snark and irony, is off-putting for some, but here she hits previously unseen levels of honesty and sincerity while still retaining her expected level of filth.” — Heeb Magazine

“Odd, shambling, and funny... as close to an explanation of Silverman and her comedy as we’re likely to get. It seems to be saying, Obviously I’m joking, but it’s also me up there.” — New York magazine

“Without curtailing her trademark potty-mouth humor and shock tactics, comedian Sarah Silverman has written a memoir that’s sweet, funny, real and, dare I say it, occasionally even touching… Silverman’s book suggests that, behind the cute face and dirty mouth, there’s a clever woman with a warm heart.” — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

“It’s irreverent, funny and sometimes winningly serious…. Though Silverman’s book provides her customary shock-and-awe humor ... it is Silverman’s honesty and vulnerability that are most surprising.” — Los Angeles Times

“Often hilarious and occasionally revelatory.… More than just a collection of gags and stand-up leftovers, ‘The Bedwetter’ is a mostly cohesive narrative of how a rebellious comic perspective evolved and became inseparable from the person who employs it, and how anyone who could find offense in that is really the butt of the joke.” — New York Times

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From the outrageously filthy and oddly innocent comedienne and star of the powerful 2015 film I Smile Back Sarah Silverman comes a memoir—her first book—that is at once shockingly personal, surprisingly poignant, and still pee-in-your-pants funny. If you like Sarah’s television show The Sarah Silverman Program, or memoirs such as Chelsea Handler’s Are You There Vodka? It’s Me Chelsea and Artie Lange’s Too Fat to Fish, you’ll love The Bedwetter.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Perennial; Illustrated edition (March 2, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0061856452
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0061856457
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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SARAH SILVERMAN is the co-creator and star of The Sarah Silverman Program. She starred in the feature-length film version of her one-woman show Jesus Is Magic. She won an Emmy in 2008 for her video I’m F***ing Matt Damon, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role on The Sarah Silverman Program. Silverman grew up in New Hampshire and now lives in Los Angeles (by way of her beloved New York City) with her dog, Duck, presuming he does not die prior to publication, which is moderately to extremely likely.

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Customers find the book funny and witty. They also find the author insightful, interesting, and shocking. Readers describe the book as an easy read with a flowing narrative. They appreciate the distinctive voice and great stories. Opinions are mixed on the value for time, with some finding it good and informative, while others say it's ridiculous and poorly spent.

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268 customers mention "Humor"233 positive35 negative

Customers find the humor in the book hilarious, witty, and entertaining. They also say the story is honest about several amusing topics. Readers describe the book as enjoyable and endearing.

"...dedicated the book to her late stepdad but also included a very funny and warm chapter about her dad...." Read more

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"...Filled with chuckles and flat-out bits of hysteria...." Read more

"...her self-effacing way of telling her story is so painfully and hilariously honest at the same time that you just cannot stop wishing that you'd run..." Read more

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Customers find the book insightful, honest, and self-deprecating. They say it has an interesting take on the world and important lessons. Readers also mention the book is well-written and keeps them interested.

"...But she also knows how to make you laugh out loud with her intelligent and witty yet raunchy humor...." Read more

"...sexual and potty stuff, while also revealing a person with very moral and ethical values when it comes to the really important things the world faces..." Read more

"...Crazy talented, courageous, irreverent, brilliantly funny......I am so happy that I got to know the REAL Sarah Silverman and have been able to use..." Read more

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Customers find the book easy to read, well-written, and fast. They appreciate the easygoing flow and good job narrating. Readers also mention that the book is surprisingly quick and an involving autobiography.

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"...I like the easy going flow of the book, like she was winging it from the top of her head. i wouldnt want to discourage her from continuing to write...." Read more

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"...She is a very attractive woman but doesn't appear to take herself so seriously...." Read more

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"...I absolutely loved this book. Wonderful story and even on my Kindle, the photos looked terrific and that was a great thing since the captions that..." Read more

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"...That being said, I found it to be a more substantial and heartfelt read than the memoir-type books that have come out by other comediennes in the..." Read more

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"...it, you look like you're in your 20s, you are a truly slender, beautiful woman, and I can't help but think that has helped you-just a tad...." Read more

"...The Bedwetter' makes you laugh, think, admire, and empathize - incredible for, remember, an autobiography...." Read more

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Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2010
I read Sarah's book in two days on my iPhone Kindle app. I already knew Sarah was hilarious and intelligent but this book gave a nice glimpse into her childhood, family, boyfriends and everything that shaped Sarah and her career. I was impressed with her writing about having depression at such a young age and I am glad her parents took it seriously and did all they knew how to help. The "cafeteria story" made me sad, how could boys do that to someone so sweet and funny? I thought the "toenail" story was endearing. It is nice that her parents and step-parents all get along so well which is also evidenced by the fact that she dedicated the book to her late stepdad but also included a very funny and warm chapter about her dad.

Sarah made me feel what she was feeling as a kid, the whole going to someone's house and her mom having to tell another mom about the bedwetting and her glee when she found out she had a kindred spirit, or going to the friend's whose mom didn't approve of her jacket, sleep-away camp, school...she really knows how to make you feel exactly like she felt. But she also knows how to make you laugh out loud with her intelligent and witty yet raunchy humor. If you read this book without laughing you must not be any fun.

I also love all of the background on her comedic start and what it took for Sarah to get regular gigs and eventually her own tv show. The inside scoop on some of her public flaps (her comment on Conan's show, Paris Hilton at the MTV Awards etc.) was very interesting. Sarah is just great and you will love her book and you will want to sit down with her and hear more stories. Most of all this book will make you laugh so only read it if you have a sense of humor! Loved it!
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Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2010
I found the book to be enjoyable. It's a memoir, the life story of the comedian, Sarah Silverman, where she seems pretty sincere in writing about what appear to be the major milestones of her life. She does not hold back in her forthright profuse description of sexual and potty stuff, while also revealing a person with very moral and ethical values when it comes to the really important things the world faces. From the book, I found these things worth noting:

1.She writes about her bedwetting as a youth and how it affected her, depressing her quite a bit. Her father and his father were also bedwetters. The depression peaked with her taking as many as 16 Xanax pills a day

2. She talks about a key bad experience with a boyfriend, early on.

3. She became a vegetarian out of her concern for animals.

4. At 13, when visiting her sister at Berkeley, she got exposed to drugs by a neighbor of hers and he also gave her a gift of Playgirl and Penthouse magazines, and she claims that is what really began her focusing on sexual stuff for her comedy. Since the 3rd grade, she always knew she wanted to be a comedian.

5. Her parents never hit her and they encouraged her and gave her lots of love. Beginning at age 15 her parents let her take shuttle trips from New Hampshire to New York City and she knew early on she wanted to eventually get out of New Hampshire and live in NYC. She said she felt like a goat among sheep in NH, but a goat among goats in NYC. She enrolled at NYU, majoring in drama, in Greenwich Village after HS. She would hand out flyers at a comedy club after classes eventually getting chances to do stand-up. She then quit NYU before starting her sophomore year and her dad offered to pay for her to live in NYC since it would be cheaper than going to NYU and he knew what she really wanted to do anyway - comedy, so she did that, living in Greenwich Village.

6. Never had stage fright - she thinks because after she stopped bedwetting, nothing could be as embarrassing as that.

7. Her approach to everything gross in life like drugs, sex, etc is to "make it a treat," that is everything in moderation.

8. At 22 she got interviewed by Saturday Night Live and got hired as a writer/performer, however none of her skits made it past dress rehearsal and coincidentally or not was fired after one year after hitting Al Franken in the temple with a sharp pencil - a joke gone bad. She claims Chris Farley positively influenced her with an incident where Farley had been with SNL 3 years, but was still in awe of what had gone on before he came there. So, it gave her the strength to face future challenges.

9. Always felt she didn't know how to dress and her disastrous Emmy Awards dress was a result.

10. Being creative, she puts in a midword in her book, to take a break and say what she was doing when not writing. Likewise, she wrote her own foreword in the book - she claims groundbreaking.

11. She writes about disputes with the publisher/editor about things like the title and other stuff.

12. She writes about the racism she sees in the media - more nuanced than in the past - really uses her comedy to fight racism.

13. She writes about her incidents as host at MTV award shows - and her loss of tact with her comments about Paris Hilton and Britney Spears.

14. Writes about her film, "Jesus is Magic" and the "Sarah Silverman Program" on Comedy Central and how the network was tolerant of her edgy stuff also showing some of the hate mail she received about how God was presented in her program. Also writes about her pro-union position even when facing cost control issues from the network.

15. She talks about love and that she only really needs a man around a lot is for watching TV while cuddling in bed.

17. Near the end of the book she has a chapter writing about being a Jew and what she thinks about Judaism - although she is secular she thinks Judaism is an OK religion, with many criticisms about Catholicism like the ostentacious Vatican and the child-abusing priests. When her parents divorced, although the divorce worked out well, she did spend time in a convent while her mom worked, and she was very critical of the violence used by the nuns for discipline. She realizes she comes across as a Jew and for that Jews like her and she is proud of "The Great Schlep" where she helped Obama win support of Florida's elderly Jews. She then has an afterward where she has God reflect about things like being nice to her in letting her finish the book.

Overall, since Sarah Silverman is controversial, I recommend the book for those who like her, but probably not for those who don't.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2013
I nearly pissed my pants while reading the foreword (written in expert fashion by the author herself), and had that been the entire story, it would have rivaled any humor tale I'd ever picked up. But sadly, there was more to THE BEDWETTER: STORIES OF COURAGE, REDEMPTION, AND PEE, and it wasn't entirely filled with plastic sheets covered mania. While this is just a rough guess, I'd say the first half of the book was literary comedic genius. Filled with chuckles and flat-out bits of hysteria. And I was plowing through it like a horse that had been slapped on the behind one too many times.

Unfortunately, the second half turned into what felt like more of a promotion for The Sarah Silverman Program (TSSP for short) and contemplative reflection on her time on Saturday Night Live, where she told us on more than one occasion how none of her stories were picked up during her one year stint on the show and gave us a bit of insight into how the writing process actually worked. Sure, it was interesting, but I'd hoped for more funny. A lot more of it. After the absolute promise of the first half.

I mean, this is the woman who at six years of age told her grandmother to shove brownies up her ass. This held plenty of promise, but I felt a little cheated on what I'd actually been delivered. Similar to going to a restaurant and asking for Filet Mignon but receiving a Ribeye instead.

Still, if you want a good read and the opportunity to laugh like a maniac, you may find yourself skipping along joyously with this one. Like me, though, you may end up a bit disappointed with the second half of the book.

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pragna
5.0 out of 5 stars goood book
Reviewed in India on June 2, 2019
love her spirit
LG
5.0 out of 5 stars bon livre
Reviewed in France on June 5, 2018
Livre intéressant que j'ai beaucoup aimé. Je le recommande sans hésitation, ce livre est amusant et très plaisant à lire.
Aurora Reixa
4.0 out of 5 stars Funny and heartwarming
Reviewed in Mexico on November 26, 2014
Sarah Silverman writes very well, the book is insightful and honest. It's a good read if you are a fan of her scatological and politically incorrect comedy, and if you're not a fan it really shows her frame of mind... Liked it.
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Reviewed in Germany on June 14, 2016
Wer Sarah Silverman kennt, wird dieses Buch lieben. Einige male laut aufgelacht! Ich liebe den Essay Erzählstil - und das macht ein "hin- und weglegen" einfach.
G. Walker
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in Canada on March 22, 2013
I've never been a huge fan of Sarah Silverman, but I'm a fan of stand up comedy, so when i heard her on a late night show pitching this book I bought it right away. It's a pretty good book, I would buy it again. I'm a Sarah Silverman fan now.