Summary of Tig Notaro's I'm Just a Person

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#1 I rarely talk to strangers, especially cabbies. I was exhausted after spending twelve hours at my mother’s bedside, and I was trying to leave the hospital. I took my sadness and left a body.

#2 When I returned home from the hospital, my brother and Ric greeted me with awkward man hugs and I love you’s. I returned the hugs and the I love you’s probably just as manly and awkwardly.

#3 I thought about my mother, an artist, and how she would leave food out for the armadillos, hummingbirds that flew into her yard, and frogs that lived in her potted plants.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 12, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822513600

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Insights on Tig Notaro's Im Just a Person

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I rarely talk to strangers, especially cabbies. I was exhausted after spending twelve hours at my mother’s bedside, and I was trying to leave the hospital. I took my sadness and left a body.

#2

When I returned home from the hospital, my brother and Ric greeted me with awkward man hugs and I love you’s. I returned the hugs and the I love you’s probably just as manly and awkwardly.

#3

I thought about my mother, an artist, and how she would leave food out for the armadillos, hummingbirds that flew into her yard, and frogs that lived in her potted plants.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

I had a serious case of jaundice when I was born, which was probably a result of my nine-month drinking binge. My mother lacked certain maternal instincts, and she used the outside of our new house as a canvas to paint clowns and giraffes.

#2

My mother was raised by a very judgmental and uptight mother, so she never wanted