A Brief History of Oversharing: One Ginger’s Anthology of Humiliation
Written by Shawn Hitchins
Narrated by Shawn Hitchins
5/5
()
About this audiobook
Musings from a “one-man flash mob” (Toronto Star)
Comedian Shawn Hitchins explores his irreverent nature in this debut collection of essays. Hitchins doesn’t shy away from his failures or celebrate his mild successes—he sacrifices them for an audience’s amusement. He roasts his younger self, the effeminate ginger-haired kid with a competitive streak. The ups and downs of being a sperm donor to a lesbian couple. Then the fiery redhead professes his love for actress Shelley Long, declares his hatred of musical theatre, and recounts a summer spent in Provincetown working as a drag queen.
Nothing is sacred. His first major break-up, how his mother plotted the murder of the family cat, his difficult relationship with his father, becoming an unintentional spokesperson for all redheads, and ̶m̶a̶n̶d̶y̶ ̶m̶o̶o̶r̶e̶ many more.
Blunt, awkward, emotional, ribald, this anthology of humiliation culminates in a greater understanding of love, work, and family. Like the final scene in a Murder She Wrote episode, A Brief History of Oversharing promises everyone the a-ha! moment Oprah tells us to experience. Paired with bourbon, Scottish wool, and Humpty Dumpty Party Mix, this journey is best heard through a lens of schadenfreude.
Related to A Brief History of Oversharing
Related audiobooks
The July 2022 Audiozine Issue Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Crown Derby Plate Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOver the Course of a Lifetime Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The June 2022 Audiozine Issue Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Everything All at Once: A Fabulous Poetry Collection About Life at Secondary School Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsElayne Boosler: Top Tomata Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHector and the Secrets of Love Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Broken Violin Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThree Dads and a Baby: Adventures in Modern Parenting Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5All Shook Up: Irreverently funny and blissfully un-PC Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Moving Foreword: Real Introductions to Totally Made-Up Books Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Yuk Yuk's Presents Road Warriors And Rarities Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings101 Amazing Facts about Benedict Cumberbatch Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The Joker: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Personals Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJobless Clueless Reckless Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCLAMPdown: The lowdown on the biggest manga group going down written during lockdown Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLittle America: Incredible True Stories of Immigrants in America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Send Pics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Benny the Blue Whale: A Descent into Story, Language and the Madness of ChatGPT Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKiller Material: A Biff Kincaid mystery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOutlier Man Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWho Needs Gay Bars?: Bar-Hopping through America's Endangered LGBTQ+ Places Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Poems of Power Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEd Hill: Candy and Smiley Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMissed Translations: Meeting the Immigrant Parents Who Raised Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5On the Road and Off the Record with Leonard Bernstein: My Years with the Exasperating Genius Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Sopranos Sessions Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Humor & Satire For You
Tidy the F*ck Up: The American Art of Organizing Your Sh*t Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You Can't Joke About That: Why Everything Is Funny, Nothing Is Sacred, and We’re All in This Together Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nobody Wants Your Sh*t: The Art of Decluttering Before You Die Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Young Doctor Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Sh*t My Dad Says Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Anxious People: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Spoiler Alert: You're Gonna Die: Unveiling Death One Question at a Time Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unf*ckology: A Field Guide to Living with Guts and Confidence Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Love and Other Words Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Yes Please Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Soulmate Equation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Big Swiss: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to be Alone: If You Want to, and Even If You Don't Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Really Good, Actually: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Killing the Guys Who Killed the Guy Who Killed Lincoln: A Nutty Story About Edwin Booth and Boston Corbett Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Stay Married Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mary Jane: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Librarianist: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Is this Anything? Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nothing to See Here Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Three Wishes: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Scrappy Little Nobody Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Harold Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for A Brief History of Oversharing
1 rating0 reviews