My Horizontal Life

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My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
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Author Chelsea Handler
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreMemoir/Comedy
Publisher Bloomsbury USA
Publication date
May 12, 2005
Media typeSoftcover
Pages213
ISBN 978-1-58234-618-2
OCLC 57432267
306.7 22
LC Class HQ801 .H3195 2005
Followed by Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea  

My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands is a best-selling book by Chelsea Handler [1] that was published in 2005. The book is a collection of stories about the author's various one-night stands. The book was a success that helped her to launch her writing career and led to her second book Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea .

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A one-night stand is a single sexual encounter in which there is an expectation that there shall be no further relations between the sexual participants. The practice can be described as "sexual activity without emotional commitment or future involvement".

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As of mid-2008, with the release of her second book Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea, sales of her first book have since rocketed; the two titles have sold a combined total of 1.7 million copies, according to Nielsen BookScan and have both topped several bestseller lists. [2]

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