Full name: Queen of the Oddballs And Other True Stories from a Life Unaccording to Plan

Author: Hillary Carlip Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Memoirs, Humor, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780060878832 0060878835

A hilariously offbeat memoir about an adventurous young woman's escapades as she defies conventions and transforms an ordinary Los Angeles life into a star-studded, extraordinary miracle of self-discovery. Queen of the Oddballs forms a chronology of Hillary Carlip's habitual straying from roads more traveled -- from a wisecracking third-grader suspended from school for smoking (while imitating Holly Golightly) to a headline-making teen activist, juggler and fire eater, friend (NOT "fan") of Carly Simon and Carole King, grand prize-winning Gong Show contestant, cult rock star, and seeker of spiritual and romantic truths that definitely defy expectations. Illustrated with ephemera -- from diary entries and photographs to a handwritten letter from Carly Simon -- Queen of the Oddballs presents a virtual time capsule of pop culture's last four decades and celebrates a creative life lived to the hilt. Similar books: Home Is Burning by Dan Marshall Spectacles by Sue Perkins Lust & Wonder by Augusten Burroughs I'm Not the New Me by Wendy McClure Fifty Acres and a Poodle by Jeanne Marie Laskas Tibetan Peach Pie by Tom Robbins Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick Revenge of the Paste Eaters by Cheryl Peck No Land's Man by Aasif Mandvi The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish Welcome to the Departure Lounge by Meg Federico This Is Just My Face by Gabourey Sidibe No One Tells You This by Glynnis MacNicol Girl Walks Into a Bar... by Rachel Dratch I Regret Nothing by Jen Lancaster Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain Dry by Augusten Burroughs The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling