{"product_id":"im-laughing-because-im-crying-a-memoir-hardcover","title":"I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying: A Memoir - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYoungmi Mayer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e's Best New Books of Fall 2024 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From standup comedian Youngmi Mayer, an unforgettable memoir written with \"raw, enviable freedom that simply floors you,\" interrogating whiteness, gender, and sexuality in America, navigating a tumultuous childhood in Korea and Saipan, and coming to terms with her parents' shortcomings (Michelle Zauner). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Do you know what happens if you laugh while crying? Hair grows out of your butthole.\" \u003c\/i\u003eIt was a constant truism Youngmi Mayer's mother would say threateningly after she would make her daughter laugh while crying. Her mother used it to cheer her up in moments when she could tell Youngmi was overtaken with grief. The humorous saying would never fail to lighten the mood, causing both daughter and mother to laugh and cry at the same time. Her mother had learned this trick from her mother, and her mother had learned this from her mother before her: it had also helped an endless string of her family laugh through suffering. \u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003eI'm Laughing Because I'm Crying\u003c\/i\u003e, Youngmi jokes through the retelling of her childhood as an offbeat biracial kid in Saipan, a place next to a place that Americans might know. She jokes through her difficult adolescence where she must parent her own parents: a mother who married her husband because he looked like white Jesus (and the singer of The Bee Gees). And with humor and irreverence and full-throated openness, she jokes even while sharing the story of what her family went through during the last century of colonialism and war in Korea, while reflecting how years later, their wounds affect her in New York City as a single mom, all the while interrogating whiteness, gender, and sexuality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Youngmi jokes through these stories in hopes of passing onto the reader what her family passed down to her: The gift of laughing while crying. The gift of a hairy butthole. Because throughout it all, the one thing she learned was one cannot exist without the other. And like a yin and yang, this duality is reflected in this whip-smart, heart-wrenching, and disarmingly funny memoir told by a bright new voice with so much heart and wisdom. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoungmi Mayer is a standup comedian and host of the podcasts \u003ci\u003eFeeling Asian \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHairy Butthole\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eon \u003ci\u003eThe Today Show, ABC News, Rolling Stone, CNN, Vice Munchies, Eater's Guide To The World \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Mind Of A Chef. \u003c\/i\u003eHer work has been featured in \u003ci\u003eNetflix Is A Joke, Comedy Central \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBBC. \u003c\/i\u003eShe has written for \u003ci\u003eLucky Peach, Cherry Bombe, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eInStyle and Women's Health Magazine. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is one of the rare comedians working today who has obtained success both on online platforms and in the mainstream. She lives in New York City with her son, Mino Bowien.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 9.5 x 6.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984088695085,"sku":"9780316569231","price":28.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/7yiwxcL4mn9780316569231.webp?v=1776081857","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/im-laughing-because-im-crying-a-memoir-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}