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Ebooks by Sara Benincasa

Sara Benincasa is an award-winning comedian, writer, blogger, and podcast host as well as the writer and star of the one-woman show Agorafabulous! She frequently contributes opinion pieces to CNN.com and was a citizen-journalist for the 2008 MTV News Choose or Lose Street Team. She hosts the Web series Gettin' Wet with Sara Benincasa and the popular podcast Sex and Other Human Activities. She travels the country to speak about mental illness and women's issues at universities and conferences. She lives in New York City.

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Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You

Agorafabulous! : Dispatches from My Bedroom

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Author: Sara Benincasa

Released: Feb 14, 2012

Publisher: Harper Collins

Anonymous Reader (Barnes & Noble)

Sara takes her problems in stride. She refuses to allow her difficulties to define her, and instead wrestles them to the ground, yanks out their earrings, and holds them up in triumph in the name of the Garden State. Despite the laughter and hilarity, there are some serious moments, because while being afraid of everything may seem silly, fear has a way of wiggling into your soul and squeezing the life out of you. BUT, obviously she prevails because she writes this book. Which all of you should read. Now.

Anonymous Reader

"A blisteringly funny yet affecting debut memoir about a young woman's struggle to overcome panic disorder and agoraphobia. Comedian Benincasa recounts her adolescent devolution into a 'full-on, obsessive, cowering, trembling agoraphobe' [who] discover[s], by accident, the healing power of stand-up comedy. Fabulously quirky and outrageous."

Anonymous Reader

"Agorafabulous! is laugh-out loud funny, even as it's taking on deadly serious issues."

Anonymous Reader

"Funny and unflinchingly honest…. Benincasa discovers her gift for comedy and storytelling, and finds tranquility."

Anonymous Reader

"Hilarious. . . . With expert pacing, the stand-up comic mixes humor and poignant anecdotes from her teen, college, and young adult life. As her empowering tale makes clear, she survives and thrives (with a little help from family, friends, and Prozac)."

Anonymous Reader

"If I ever get thrown in a mental institution, my only hope would be having Sara as a cellmate. Her funny and poignant perspective makes Agorafabulous! a stellar debut."

Anonymous Reader

"Sara Benincasa's comedy is uplifting, deeply personal, and very funny. As difficult as her agoraphobia is to manage, she's pulled through it-beautifully. Agorafabulous! manages to make you laugh even as she's peeing into cereal bowls and hiding them under her bed."

Anonymous Reader

"Sara's blunt and quirkily humorous take on the crippling anxiety that held her hostage in her own home will have you laughing out loud one minute and wanting to hug her the next."

Anonymous Reader

"Sara's comedy is uplifting, deeply personal, and very funny. As difficult as her agoraphobia is to manage, she's pulled through it beautifully. Agorafabulous! manages to make you laugh even as she's peeing into cereal bowls and hiding them under her bed."

Anonymous Reader

"Sara's story of overcoming a debilitating fear is told with such honesty and hilarity that all I want to do now is hang out with her in a tiny room and not let her leave until she tells me more stories."

Anonymous Reader

"With storytelling that is hilarious, honest, raw, and absurd, Agorafabulous! puts you in the body and mind of an extraordinary individual who accepts and embraces her full self."

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