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Sure, I'll Join Your Cult
- A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere
- Narrated by: Maria Bamford
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
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Publisher's Summary
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From “weird, scary, ingenious” (The New York Times) stand-up comedian Maria Bamford, a brutally honest and hilariously frenetic memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfort of rigid belief systems—from Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, to Suzuki violin training, to Richard Simmons, to 12-step programs.
Maria Bamford is a comedian’s comedian (an outsider among outsiders) and has forever fought to find a place to belong. From struggling with an eating disorder as a child of the 1980s, to navigating a career in the arts (and medical debt and psychiatric institutionalization), she has tried just about every method possible to not only be a part of the world, but to want to be a part of it.
In Bamford’s signature voice, Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult, brings us on a quest to participate in something. With sincerity and transparency, she recounts every anonymous fellowship she has joined (including but not limited to: Debtors Anonymous, Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, and Overeaters Anonymous), every hypomanic episode (from worrying about selling out under capitalism to enforcing union rules on her Netflix TV show set to protect her health), and every easy 1-to-3-step recipe for fudge in between.
Singular and inimitable, Bamford’s memoir explores what it means to keep going, and to be a member of society (or any group she’s invited to) despite not being very good at it. In turn, she hopes to transform isolating experiences into comedy that will make you feel less alone (without turning into a cult following).
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- Amazon Customer
- 2024-01-14
The holy grail of Maria Bamfordity
Love everything about this. Maria is funny, sharp, silly, weird, and somehow feels like a friend without ever meeting her.
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- PJF
- 2024-03-29
Audiobook done right!
I couldn’t be more delighted to have listened to Maria’s tale of mental illness and the rocky road to successful adulting, even though I knew the basic story arc from Lady Dynamite and her many stand up specials. The audio format is ideal, providing her trademark delivery, hilarious voices and sound effects. I expect I will re-listen periodically for the laughs, the wackadoo advice and especially, gentle encouragement from a truly humble (and genuinely wonderful) minor celebrity. Thank goodness Maria is compelled to over-share.
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- NikolasMenz
- 2023-09-14
Incredible
If I had the same way with words as Maria does with her honesty and wit, I’d probably be able to make a much better review. Since I’m not capable, I’ll just say that if you’re a fan of Maria’s work, then you’ll be tickled pink by this audiobook that not only finds a way to whistle in the darkness but also be more real than most memoirs about mental illness.
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- Jennifer
- 2023-09-18
Thoughtful and hilarious
This was an interesting and humours book to listen to. I’ve been a fan of Maria’s comedy for many years and it was illuminating to hear more about her personal life story and journey through the self-help / mental health system in the US. This book is a must listen if you are a fan of Maria’s stand up. If you are new to her work get ready for some serious white mid-western humour. That is passive agressive truth bombs and impersonations of Christian white women in their middle age. It is a very kind and real look at the challenges of mental health and I really appreciated Maria’s honesty.
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- Joanna Halpern
- 2023-11-21
I love love loved this!!!!
Thank you for creating and sharing all of this Maria. I really really enjoyed and related to your story in many ways
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- Amazon Customer
- 2023-09-11
Painfully Honest at Times
Maria spills out everything, the good, the bad and the ugly…and the funny. Uncomfortable honesty to open our eyes to so many struggles, hers, our own and others.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2023-09-22
I Love Maria
A uniquely open and honest memoir. Maria lays out all of herself in the wonderfully relatable way she presents her stand-up.
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- Rebecca
- 2023-10-28
Awesome
Thanks Maria for an entertaining, heartfelt, and authentic account of your life so far! I think it’s awesome that you are bringing light to OCD and other aspects mental health. Wishing well to you, Scott, and the pugs.
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- Megan
- 2023-09-08
Honest and hilarious
Phenomenal memoir. Razor honesty, laugh out loud funny and incredibly helpful, it helped me with my mentals.
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- Jewel L. Spangler
- 2023-09-11
Listened twice in a week
Long time fan of her work (yes, including Target adverts), and thought I knew her story. I didn’t. This book is gripping, sad, funny, and so well put together and read—the 8 hour mental-health public service announcement is a huge bonus.
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