You Deserve a Drink

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You Deserve a Drink
You Deserve a Drink (book).jpg
Author Mamrie Hart
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Plume
Publication date
May 26, 2015
ISBN 9780142181676
OCLC 2092782789
Website http://www.ydadbook.com/

You Deserve a Drink: Boozy Misadventures and Tales of Debauchery [1] is a memoir and cookbook written by YouTube personality and comedian Mamrie Hart. The book was published by Plume and released on May 26, 2015. [2] [3]

Contents

Plot

The book details humorous anecdotes and stories of Hart's life, with a cocktail recipe accompanying each chapter. [4]

Critical reception

You Deserve a Drink was generally well-received by reviewers. Writing for The New York Times , actor and comedian Michael Ian Black stated that "Hart is a pull-no-punches comedian with a talent for self-deprecation in the guise of self-aggrandizement, a winning formula." [5]

Colleen Stinchcombe, writer for She Knows said that "She is undeniably a funny lady, and her humor translates beautifully — even more powerfully, I'd argue — to the page. Her jokes have more time to build, her punchlines land harder. She's created an entirely hilarious read that will delight her current fans by giving them a pitcher-sized serving of her normally shot-sized jokes and entice new readers who have enjoyed recent books by other humor heavy-hitters." [6]

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References

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