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“Hilarious.” (Marie Claire )
“Everything that comes out of Ali Wentworth’s mouth is funny!” (Jerry Seinfeld )
“Ali Wentworth’s book is like Chicken Soup for the Vagina. Gays and straight men, I’m not leaving you out here! Ali is truly one of the quickest, funniest girls I’ve ever met. Enjoy!” (Kathy Griffin )
“Ali has written a truly hilarious book . . . and she’s also a good kisser!” (Chelsea Handler )
“Wentworth is amusing and frank, often frenetic, with sharp intelligence underneath the sassy wackiness; passages about her struggle with depression, falling in love with her husband, and her daughter’s baptism have funny moments, but they’re thoughtful and touching, too…. Highly entertaining memoir.” (Publishers Weekly )
“Ali Wentworth is funny and warm and crazy all at once. Like Barbara Eden. But on something. Like crystal meth.” (Alec Baldwin )
“I would tone down the pee and fart references.” (Muffie Cabot (Ali's mother) )
“[A] lively, laugh-out-loud memoir....Fans of Amy Sedaris and Merrill Markoe will enjoy Wentworth’s warped Weltanschauung and wicket wit.” (Book )
“Ali Wentworth tumbles comically through Ali in Wonderland.” (Vanity Fair )
“[H]ilarious...” (Food & Wine )
“Unanimous applause greeted this actress-comedian’s tour of her fabulous life…all recounted in a manner that had one reader wondering if Wentworth is ‘a long-lost sister of the Sedaris clan.’” (Elle, Readers' Prize February 2012 )
“[A] satirical dissection of class and privilege….A smart, often-funny memoir.” (Kirkus Reviews )
“A breezily amusing memoir...” (New York Post )
“One of the most hilarious reads I’ve enjoyed in a long time.” (Gwyneth Paltrow, goop )
“With candor and humor, [Wentworth] writes about her life, her marriage and growing up in the elite world of her illustrious mother…” (Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press )
“Everything that comes out of Ali Wentworth’s mouth is funny!” (Jerry Seinfeld )
“Ali Wentworth’s book is like Chicken Soup for the Vagina. Gays and straight men, I’m not leaving you out here! Ali is truly one of the quickest, funniest girls I’ve ever met. Enjoy!” (Kathy Griffin )
“Ali has written a truly hilarious book . . . and she’s also a good kisser!” (Chelsea Handler )
“Wentworth is amusing and frank, often frenetic, with sharp intelligence underneath the sassy wackiness; passages about her struggle with depression, falling in love with her husband, and her daughter’s baptism have funny moments, but they’re thoughtful and touching, too…. Highly entertaining memoir.” (Publishers Weekly )
“Ali Wentworth is funny and warm and crazy all at once. Like Barbara Eden. But on something. Like crystal meth.” (Alec Baldwin )
“I would tone down the pee and fart references.” (Muffie Cabot (Ali's mother) )
“[A] lively, laugh-out-loud memoir....Fans of Amy Sedaris and Merrill Markoe will enjoy Wentworth’s warped Weltanschauung and wicket wit.” (Book )
“Ali Wentworth tumbles comically through Ali in Wonderland.” (Vanity Fair )
“[H]ilarious...” (Food & Wine )
“Unanimous applause greeted this actress-comedian’s tour of her fabulous life…all recounted in a manner that had one reader wondering if Wentworth is ‘a long-lost sister of the Sedaris clan.’” (Elle, Readers' Prize February 2012 )
“[A] satirical dissection of class and privilege….A smart, often-funny memoir.” (Kirkus Reviews )
“A breezily amusing memoir...” (New York Post )
“One of the most hilarious reads I’ve enjoyed in a long time.” (Gwyneth Paltrow, goop )
“With candor and humor, [Wentworth] writes about her life, her marriage and growing up in the elite world of her illustrious mother…” (Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press )
Book Description
Growing up in a family of political journalists—and daughter of President Reagan’s White House social secretary—Ali Wentworth rebelled against her blue-blood upbringing, embracing Hollywood, motorcycles, even a few wildly inappropriate marriage proposals. Today she is an acclaimed comedic actress and writer, former Oprah regular, wife of political and media star George Stephanopoulos, and a mother who lets her two girls eat cotton candy before bed. Though she’s settled down, her rebellious nature thrives in her comedy and her view of her crazy world.
In this addictively funny and warm memoir, she takes us through the looking glass and into the wonderland of her life, from a childhood among Washington’s elite to a stint in the psych ward they called a New England prep school; days doing L.A. sketch comedy (with then-aspiring artists Will Ferrell and Lisa Kudrow) to a series of spectacularly failed loves (that eventually led her to Mr. Right). Constant throughout is her mother, Muffie—a flawlessly elegant yet firm, no-nonsense force of nature and pure WASP convictions.
As charming and off-the-wall as Ali herself, Ali in Wonderland is an entertaining look at life that is both intimate and hilarious.
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Ali is Wonderful, Dec 1 2011
By Lisa M - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ali In Wonderland: And Other Tall Tales (Hardcover)
Pre-release customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program
My first memory of seeing Ali Wentworth was when she was a regular on the Fox series IN LIVING COLOR. Since then, Ali has gone on to appear on shows such as Seinfeld, The Tonight Show and Oprah, as well as the films Jerry Maguire, Office Space and It's Complicated.Ali has lived quite a colorful life. She was born and raised in Washington, D.C., but after college she moved to L.A. to pursue her acting career. Later, she moved back to D.C. and eventually ended up in New York with her husband, George Stephanopoulos and 2 daughters.
Ali In Wonderland is part memoir, part essay collection and all funny. Written in groups of related topics, these stories reveal much about Ali's early years, living among the political world of our nation's capitol. I loved the style of writing and often felt as if she were speaking directly to me. She made me feel like it was a personal "girl's night" gossip session, where she revealed parts of her life reserved for very special friends.
One of my favorite stories was about an attempt to hand deliver a thank you gift to Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, after attending a Christmas party at his home. I will not spoil it by giving it all away here, but it is quite humorous.
Ali said her mother taught her to always be gracious and send thank-yous. She proved she still follows that rule today, as when I posted on Twitter I was preparing this review, she responded by asking if she "should I send brownies?". (I promise my review was all thought out before the offer).
This was a very fast read for me and I found myself wishing it were longer. Maybe Ali will write a follow-up some day, telling tales of raising her daughters and more of her marriage to George. I am sure she has many more tales to tell.
33 of 39 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not my kind of humor, Dec 3 2011
By Kathy - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ali In Wonderland: And Other Tall Tales (Hardcover)
Pre-release customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program
I'm really surprised that I disliked this book so much. I loved Ali when she was on Oprah and I even love her Tweets. I thought I was going to love the book, but it was just not good. Ali's humor isn't exactly vulgar, but it definitely made me feel uncomfortable. I love comedians who are self deprecating, but the picture Ali paints of herself and people around her is definitely unappealing to me. I caught myself making a face most of the time I was reading this book. To quote what her mother says on the back of the book, "I would tone down the pee and fart references - Muffie Cabot (Ali's Mother)". I would add vomiting references to that also. It's probably just me because I'm overly sensitive to talk about bodily functions, but if you are too, this may not be the book for you.
25 of 29 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
laughed my *(_* off......, Dec 6 2011
By Colleen M. Schneider - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ali In Wonderland: And Other Tall Tales (Hardcover)
Pre-release customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program
I don't know what it is about Ali Wentworth I like so much-that she is clever, off the cuff, self-deprecating and hilarious? The facial expressions? The no-holds barred, ok, I'll try that kind of attitude, that gets her into "Lucy" kind of predicaments or what, but I have found her to be a great and underated comic. I have enjoyed her on her show "Headcase" as well as her spots on the Oprah show. I was hoping her book would be just as entertaining and it was.Ali is the daughter of Reagan's Social Secretary and grew up in DC. She had a privileged upbringing and some of these tales make for some of the funniest chapters of her book. Her book doesn't necessarily run in any type of order and is not a memoir per se, it is short chapters of funny stories about her life. I think of it like having your best friend come over with a bottle of wine and you sit and play remember when......there are stories of her childhood, like when her older sister is recovering from major surgery and is in a body cast and decides to run away and her mother tells her to go too, so her sister won't be alone....Ali doesn't want to go, but doesn't want anything to happen to her sister so she hurriedly packs snacks, including a can of tuna, sans opener and dutifully treks behind her sister, but not too close... There is the story about the family she stays with in Spain and how the family needed a chicken for dinner and Ali, not understanding that they don't want her to "buy" a chicken, they need one to slaughter plays a curious games of charades until she figures it out.....there are stories about her internship at Christie's auction house and tales of her dates prior to George and how she and a friend once rented a house from Robert Englund (aka Freddy Kreuger in the Nightmare on Elm St. movies).
I read the book over a short weekend away and found myself reading it out loud to my husband. Often I would be laughing so hard that I would have to stop and start over since he couldn't understand me.....then we both got going.
Ali and I are the same age, so I enjoyed reading about her teenage stories because a lot of the references were flashbacks to my own teen years and so it was a fun book for me on many levels.
Overall, if you are a fan, I'm sure you will enjoy Ali's adventures. If you are looking for a more serious memoir, then I'm not sure why you would be looking for a book with a woman in a polka-dotted bathing suit, jumping into a teacup....really?
Enjoyed it immensely!
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