Survival of the thickest: essays
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Gallery Books
Publication Date:
2020
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First Gallery Books hardcover edition
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English
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Buteau's humorous essays reflect on growing up Caribbean, Catholic, and thick in New Jersey, going to college in Miami (where everyone smells like pineapple), her many friendship and dating disasters, working as a newsroom editor during 9/11, getting started in standup opening for male strippers, marrying into her husband's Dutch family, IVF and surrogacy, motherhood, chosen family, and what it feels like to have a full heart, tight jeans, and stardom finally in her grasp.
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| Grouping Title | survival of the thickest |
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| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2025-06-19 11:16:31AM |
| Last Indexed | 2025-06-29 23:20:40PM |
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Buteau, Michelle.Advice you can fit on a magnet
Buteau, Michelle.Fisher-Price my first road gig
Buteau, Michelle.Friendship
Buteau, Michelle.Game of heauxs
Buteau, Michelle.IVF
Buteau, Michelle.Jersey strong
Buteau, Michelle.Jersey wrong
Buteau, Michelle.Light load
Buteau, Michelle.Motherhood
Buteau, Michelle.My holland tunnel
Buteau, Michelle.Say yes to the stress
Buteau, Michelle.Surrogacy
Buteau, Michelle.Survival of the thickest
Buteau, Michelle.Take me to church
Buteau, Michelle.Tooth be told
Buteau, Michelle.Unlikely rom-com
Buteau, Michelle.Ya-Ya sistah hood of the traveling tank top
Buteau, Michelle.Advice you can fit on a magnet
Buteau, Michelle.Fisher-Price my first road gig
Buteau, Michelle.Friendship
Buteau, Michelle.Game of heauxs
Buteau, Michelle.IVF
Buteau, Michelle.Jersey strong
Buteau, Michelle.Jersey wrong
Buteau, Michelle.Light load
Buteau, Michelle.Motherhood
Buteau, Michelle.My holland tunnel
Buteau, Michelle.Say yes to the stress
Buteau, Michelle.Surrogacy
Buteau, Michelle.Survival of the thickest
Buteau, Michelle.Take me to church
Buteau, Michelle.Tooth be told
Buteau, Michelle.Unlikely rom-com
Buteau, Michelle.Ya-Ya sistah hood of the traveling tank top
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Comedians -- United States -- Biography
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