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"Even if someone had the power to say, 'Susie can come back to life but only if it's during that fight she was having with Tig a decade ago,' I knew our phone call would be full only of 'I love you's' and 'I'm sorry's.' Back then, it was impossible to understand that our phone call should have only been that. When you think you have all the time in the world, hanging up on a loved one seems fine, something to fix later."
"I spoke on the phone with a couple of different friends. They were compassionate and eager to help me through this brutal journey, but I discovered that trying to get comfort and true understanding from someone who hasn't lost their own mother is like trying to talk about the feeling of falling in love to someone who has never experienced it. It is simply impossible."
"My mother's death was a recurring nightmare. I could go down one hallway, and everything would be fine. Then I could turn a corner and come across a memory of her, a reminder that she was gone, and it would all start over again. ... As I write this book, just a few years after her death, I am still hit with sudden waves of understanding that she's gone, followed by deep, deep sadness. This can happen anywhere, and I am often not alone when it does. I can be out to dinner with friends or live onstage and telling jokes and then it slams into me: My mother died."
I had never heard of Tig Notaro prior to reading her memoir, but when I read the premise, it struck me as incredibly familiar: I, too, had lost my mother suddenly and unexpectedly, and then, a few months later, I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer.
Tig covers all that one most endure and process when being faced with such a double whammy, and it was a comforting book to read, knowing that someone else had experienced something so similar.
"I spoke on the phone with a couple of different friends. They were compassionate and eager to help me through this brutal journey, but I discovered that trying to get comfort and true understanding from someone who hasn't lost their own mother is like trying to talk about the feeling of falling in love to someone who has never experienced it. It is simply impossible."
"My mother's death was a recurring nightmare. I could go down one hallway, and everything would be fine. Then I could turn a corner and come across a memory of her, a reminder that she was gone, and it would all start over again. ... As I write this book, just a few years after her death, I am still hit with sudden waves of understanding that she's gone, followed by deep, deep sadness. This can happen anywhere, and I am often not alone when it does. I can be out to dinner with friends or live onstage and telling jokes and then it slams into me: My mother died."
I had never heard of Tig Notaro prior to reading her memoir, but when I read the premise, it struck me as incredibly familiar: I, too, had lost my mother suddenly and unexpectedly, and then, a few months later, I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer.
Tig covers all that one most endure and process when being faced with such a double whammy, and it was a comforting book to read, knowing that someone else had experienced something so similar.
Oh, man. Tig is just one of those absolutely honest and Real people whose own authentic voice comes through in her memoir. She is unflappably candid and you really get the sense that this is exactly who she is, and how she feels. Her humor is easy and dry. She has gone through some Shit and I just couldn't be happier for her with where she is at the end of he book.
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Out of all the queer bios I've read and listened to this definitely ranks towards the top! If you know Tig, you've probably heard or seen most of these stories before. However, her honesty and glimpse at her life with Stephanie are worth all the pages it takes to get to these points.
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This book started out really strong, but near the end lost some focus. I loved the honesty in this book, and learning about a great comedian.
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listening to tig narrate her own memoir was an enjoyable experience! tig has such a unique life experience and perspective that is easy to listen to despite the often very serious subject matter. cathartic and hopeful!!
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I've you've seen her documentary, there is quite a bit of overlap. However, it's a pretty good book and the material is different enough that you can do both and get something different out of each one.