After graduating from stand up comic to screenwriter, Amy Schumer is trying her hand at writing for bookshelves with her witty book The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo.
This laughable page-turner is less an autobiography (she reminds readers she’s nowhere near the end of her road) than Schumer’s self-proclaimed collection of mishaps, sexual adventures and life-shaping occurrences that range from shocking and outrageous to unexpectedly personal anecdotes reminiscent of a questionable past.
Schumer’s $8 million book deal with Gallery Books Group oozed promise for both avid “Inside Amy Schumer” fans and skeptical critics and was met with much enthusiasm from both. If you find Schumer’s blunt and borderline pornographic stand-up comedy endearing, you’ll likely be turned off by the book as well.
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