She performed at weddings and bar mitzvahs until she married her husband, Ben Davis, whose father was Utah’s only kosher butcher. I humbly accepted their assessments and believed them to be true.Īfter all, my own grandmother, Mary Bitnam, had left her town of Aborniki, Lithuania, to move to the United States after being accepted at the Salt Lake City Conservatory of Music, so she knew something about the arts! She played the mandolin and other stringed instruments and sang soprano. During my brilliant and audacious performances, my family constantly remarked that they thought I sang like Shirley Temple, only way better and a lot more adorably, and that my dancing made hers look contrived and boring. But I can’t, not now, not after all I have been through.Īlmost everyone in my family was musical and played an instrument and sang and loved to show off, so I was no stranger to it. I never really bonded with them, or with anyone on earth, really, until I had children of my own, who now wish I would just shut up and leave them alone. They were hairy and smelled like herring, garlic, and onions, and shrieked at one another in loud, shrill tones.īut they were a great audience, and to me that pretty much made up for the fact that I had to be around them all the time. I knew at a young age that I loved being the center of attention, singing and dancing and making my family laugh and lifting their spirits-that way I could avoid having to talk to them almost completely. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Bold, brash, and insightful, Roseannearchy shows that she can still skewer any subject under the sun and why The New York Times describes her appeal as “the power of a whole planet, pulling everything around it inexorably into its orbit.” But now she’s looking to refinance the loan of her soul-this book represents her final exorcism of fame.ĭisplaying her brilliance and sharp wit, Roseanne discusses the humor of everyday life with musings on more serious topics, such as class warfare, feminism, the cult of celebrity, and Kabbalah. Raised half-Jewish, half-Mormon, and 100 percent misfit, Roseanne made a deal with Satan early on as the price she paid for stardom. And she’s as controversial, original, and funny as ever. In this return to the printed page, Roseanne unleashes her razor-sharp observations on hypocrisy, hubris, and self-perpetuating institutions of questionable value-as well as menopause, pharmaceuticals, and her grandkids. Whether taking the sitcom world by storm, challenging accepted social norms, or battling the wild pigs inhabiting her nut farm in Hawaii, she is not to be trifled with. BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND TELEVISION STAR ROSEANNE BARR IS BACK-WITH A VENGEANCE-AND THE RESULT IS ROSEANNEARCHY.
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