But as with her stage comedy, she is also sneakily thoughtful about the public roles she occupies-Asian American, working mom, woman on comedy stages-and the come-from-behind grind they necessarily demand.” - The Washington Post “ Dear Girls can be crude and flippant, LOL-dense and breezy-so breezy, in fact, you will be desensitized to the grossest of Wong’s gross-outs by chapter one, at which point you have already learned how to hold in a fart during yoga. Yes, this book is addressed to Wong’s daughters, but every reader will find nuggets of wisdom and inspiration and, most important, something to laugh at.” - Bustle “ refreshing, hilarious, and honest account of making a career in a male-dominated field, dating, being a mom, growing up, and so much more. Dear Girls is not so much a real-talk handbook as it is a myth-puncturing manifesto.” -Vogue “ spins a volume whose pages simultaneously shock and satisfy. “Fierce, feminist, and packed with funny anecdotes.” - Entertainment Weekly Though addressed to her daughters, Ali Wong’s letters are absurdly funny, surprisingly moving, and enlightening (and gross) for all. the inevitable confrontation with erectile dysfunction), reconnecting with her roots (and drinking snake blood) in Vietnam, tales of being a wild child growing up in San Francisco, and parenting war stories. She shares the wisdom she’s learned from a life in comedy and reveals stories from her life off stage, including the brutal single life in New York (i.e. The sharp insights and humor are even more personal in this completely original collection. Wong told the world her remarkably unfiltered thoughts on marriage, sex, Asian culture, working women, and why you never see new mom comics on stage but you sure see plenty of new dads. In her hit Netflix comedy special Baby Cobra, an eight-month pregnant Ali Wong resonated so strongly that she even became a popular Halloween costume. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, Variety, Chicago Tribune, Glamour, New York From Ali Wong, star of the Netflix original series Beef, a “refreshing, hilarious, and honest account of making a career in a male-dominated field, dating, being a mom, growing up, and so much more” ( Bustle) through heartfelt and wickedly funny letters to her daughtersĪli Wong is one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People of the Year.
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