![]() ![]() Now I know why nothing I write is ever published I'm not this good." May I add, the fastest, most absorbing almost 400 pages I can recall. I'm trying to figure out how someone whose life experiences suggest serious ADD could write almost 400 pages. Nothing can be that vivid, that honest or that funny, unless every moment was lived. "I jumped, I went 'all in.' I was hooked from the self-deprecating prologue until the epiphany at the end. Malina Saval, Author, The Secret Lives of Boys, Features Editor at Variety A raucous, rowdy, thought-provoking read from a writer who is sure to leave her mark." "I've had the pleasure of attending several live readings of various chapters of Vicki Abelson's Don't Jump and with each listen, there was one question that continued to rack my brain: Why isn't Vicki famous already? Not only does Vicki deserve a one-woman Broadway show for her candor, sparkling wit and razor-sharp cultural commentary on everything from celebrity crushes to menopause she's a delicious mash-up of Carrie Fisher-meets-Sandra Bernhard but her writing deserves its own special place in the canon of those artists whose words leap from the page and stay with you long after you've finished reading. Is the book's heroine actually Abelson or a fabrication of her wonderfully warped worldview? Who cares? From the first page to the last, Don't Jump throws you on the bed and rips your clothes off and that never sucks." ![]() At turns howlingly funny and surprisingly touching, it lights a match to the traditional heart-on-the-sleeve 'memoir,' giving birth to what may become a whole new genre of confessional literature. Well, brace yourself for Don't Jump her volcanic portrait of a woman under siege by booze and drugs, an unrelenting social life, and a fair dose of self-destruction. "If you've ever read Vicki Abelson's whip-smart, mind-twisting and hilariously profane screeds on Huffington Post, you know that pulling punches is not exactly in her skill set. Tom Bergeron, Emmy Winning Host, Dancing With The Stars "The warmth and wit of Vicki's writing knocked me out! In a good way. Hubert O'Hearn, San Francisco Book Review It has an intelligence without snobbery, a wit beyond crudity, a sensitivity without preachiness. All rights reserved." Don't Jump is a delicious roman à clef ala Carrie Fisher, with the emotional honesty and deft writing of a modern Dorothy Parker.
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