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  • Written by: Chelsea Handler
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  • Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (897 ratings)

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Life Will Be the Death of Me

Written by: Chelsea Handler
Narrated by: Chelsea Handler
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Publisher's Summary

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This will be one of your favorite books of all time. Through her intensely vulnerable, honest, and hilarious reflections, Chelsea shows us more than just her insides. She shows us ourselves.”—Amy Schumer

Don’t miss Chelsea Handler’s new Netflix stand-up special, Revolution, now streaming!

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s election, feeling that her country—her life—has become unrecognizable, Chelsea Handler has an awakening. Fed up with the privileged bubble she’s lived in, she decides it’s time to make some changes.

She embarks on a year of self-sufficiency and goes into therapy, prepared to do the heavy lifting required to make sense of a childhood that ended abruptly with the death of her brother. She meets her match in an earnest, nerdy shrink who dissects her anger and gets her to confront her fear of intimacy. Out in the world, she channels her outrage into social action and finds her voice as an advocate for change. With the love and support of an eccentric cast of friends, assistants, family members (alive and dead), and a pair of emotionally withholding rescue dogs, Chelsea digs deep into the trauma that shaped her inimitable worldview and unearths some glittering truths that light up the road ahead. 

Thrillingly honest and insightful, Chelsea Handler’s darkly comic memoir is also a clever and sly work of inspiration that gets us to ask ourselves what really matters in our own lives.

©2019 Chelsea Handler (P)2019 Random House Audio

What the critics say

“The Chelsea Handler I know is a take-no-prisoners activist for the causes she believes in. She brings the same fearlessness and commitment to telling her truth in this book. I’m hoping that one day, in exchange for this blurb, she will let me see the security camera footage of the dog fight in her bedroom.” (Trevor Noah)

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Great...as expected

Have loved all her books. This one really hit home, I laughed, I cried, I completely related. Thank you Chelsea for your absolute transparency and bravery.

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Do it

Buy this book! Amazing. I couldn’t stop listening. So real. So honest. Also eye opening. Didn’t want it to end.

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One too many stories of being on drugs

This feels like a story of a drunk, high and random self-reflection. Listening to this I felt like it was a vulgar version of Eat Pray Love, albeit with more swearing and less insides. I did appreciate the introduction to Dan Siegel's work, so some points for that. The author has a sense of humor and is a very animated narrator, but the plot and gist of the book is not for me.

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  • 2019-04-14

Another "Poor Me"

I purchased this book because I like
Ms. Handers humor, however her perception of her childhood was tiring and not that interesting.



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So honest and vulnerable - exactly the story I needed to listen to!

I’ve been a huge Chelsea fan for a long time and had this book on my “to read” list since it came out. After recently getting married and then a month later, losing my mother in law to cancer, I was looking for something light and funny. It was funny yes, but light - no. It was heartbreaking and eye-opening and exactly the book I needed. I cried and laughed with Chelsea while she shared her vulnerable self and learned so much about myself along the way. Thank you Chelsea 💕

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Loved it!

Intelligent, insightfull, sad, funny and her narration is excellent! Listened to it in one go.

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  • 2023-07-27

insightful, funny and inspiring

Chelsea is a wonderful narrator. Few of us have her lifestyle, but yet she is extremely relatable. She covers a wide range of topics, from family, death, politics, philosophy, and self actualization, among others.

And I love that you can hear her get emotional throughout the book.

very enjoyable and engaging :)

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Loved listening to her

Was a great listen while travelling. Thoroughly enjoyed and felt like could learn from Chelsea’s experience

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Loved it… cried, laughed and learned

Great book, it made me laugh, cry and I was able to see some of myself in her stories, and it helped me deal with my own life stories. Definitely recommend.

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laughed and cried

Wonderful book filled with honesty and self realization. I think this is her best book yet! I did not expect to cry my way through the dog park while listening to a comedian’s novel but it happened and the next day I was belly laughing.

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