Roseannearchy: Dispatches from the Nut Farm
by:
Roseanne Barr (author)
From the Hollywood hot seat to her Hawaiian macadamia nut farm, bestselling author and television star Roseanne Barr isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty! As controversial, original, and funny as ever, Roseanne Barr unleashes her razor-sharp observations on hypocrisy, hubris, class warfare,...
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From the Hollywood hot seat to her Hawaiian macadamia nut farm, bestselling author and television star Roseanne Barr isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty! As controversial, original, and funny as ever, Roseanne Barr unleashes her razor-sharp observations on hypocrisy, hubris, class warfare, feminism, the cult of celebrity, Kabbalah, and self-perpetuating institutions of questionable value—as well as her musings on menopause, pharmaceuticals, her grandkids, and other humorous topics of everyday life. Bold and brash, witty and insightful, Roseannearchy shows why The New York Times describes her appeal as “the power of a whole planet, pulling everything around it inexorably into its orbit.”
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781439160077 (1439160074)
Publish date: January 4th 2011
Publisher: Gallery Books
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
This book is...weird. I suppose that would be a good word to use. I could also say "all over the place" "leaning towards insane" and "what was Roseanne on when she wrote this?" I like Roseanne and I love her old sitcom still today (well, the early years before they won the lottery...it was all down ...
I loved Roseanne's sitcom, and I enjoy re-watching it because the themes remain relevant after nearly twenty years - it aged well. I had gone into this book expecting a more observational collection of political and industry musings, but half the book is memoir. Not that Roseanne didn't lead an inte...