The three years I spent in prison taught me to hate. Fork fights and throat punches were my pastimes. But that's how it goes when you've raised yourself on spite and envy. OK, that wasn't me. Not all comedians come from a dark place. . . . In this hilarious memoir, Jessica Holmes, a fan favourite on the hit shows The Holmes Show and Royal Canadian Air Farce, offers her witty observations on everything from her eclectic upbringing by a right-wing, Mormon father and a feminist mother, to her experiences as a missionary in Venezuela, to her own trial-and-error adventures in childrearing. Delving into personal experiences never discussed before, Holmes reveals her struggle to find laughter off-stage and spins comedy gold from her fumbles. The combination makes for an inspirational, heartwarming, and thoroughly side-splitting treat.

I Love Your Laugh: Finding the Light in My Screwball Life

Biographies & Memoirs

Holmes, Jessica

Arts & Literature

MCCLELLAND STEWART

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

"An uplifting memoir we can all relate to, and the funniest book about depression you’re ever going to read.” Kathryn Greenwood, Whose Line Is It Anyway? "Jessica Holmes has delivered a powerful ‘antidepressant’ with this hilarious, informative, and heartwarming book.” Dr. Shimi Kang, psychiatrist, bestselling author of The Dolphin Parent “Jessica's ability to open up about painful things in a way that make them hilarious and beautiful is astounding! This book will make you laugh, make you feel brave and make you feel like you are normal and wonderful just the way you are!” Aisha Alfa, comedian, Just For Laughs Comedians live by the mantra tragedy + time = comedy―hence Jessica Holmes’s refreshing and hilarious new memoir about depression, “the cold sore of the mind.” She takes us on her journey― sometimes laugh-out-loud, sometimes cringe-worthy―from successful performer to someone who was basically living the life of a house cat. She muses about: · the chicken and the egg of depression and comedy · marriage counselling (a.k.a. tattling on your spouse) · where jokes come from · living on the sofa, which now looks like a tornado hit a 7-Eleven · her kids’ take on the perks of having a depressed mom: “We don’t have to clean up anything. Yesterday the cat barfed and Mom just put a cushion on it and went back to playing on the iPad!” · the obnoxiousness of anti-depressant commercials: “I never noticed the ocean before!” Holmes shares her two cents on how to play it cool when your medication makes you hear Kate Hudson’s voice, and why you don’t sneak pepperoni into the movies. It’s a validating read for anyone who has suffered from depression a little (“I get sad every January”) or a lot (“My psychiatrist doesn’t have a name for what I’ve got”) or who just thinks real life calls for levity and understanding.

Depression the Comedy: A Tale of Perseverance

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WINNER of the Short Form Sidewise Award for the story Treasure Fleet, by Daniel Bensen. Also featuring the Sidewise Award-nominated story Twilight of the Mesozoic Moon, by Brent A. Harris and Ricardo Victoria.Our world could have been so very different...Eight stories take us on a journey into how our world could have been. What if the nukes had flown that day over Cuba? What if Caesar had survived? Imagine the Tunguska meteor with a different outcome. What if there was a true story behind HG Wells' most famous tale? See the world as it might have been if China discovered the New World first. And what if all of this was never meant to be and dinosaurs ruled the Earth?Authors Jessica Holmes, Daniel M. Bensen, Terri Pray, Rob Edwards, Maria Haskins, Cathbad Maponus, Leo McBride, and collaborators Brent A. Harris and Ricardo Victoria show us the world that might have been - if the butterfly's wings had fluttered a different way, if the world changed between heartbeats, if a moment of decision saw another choice. This is the fourth anthology from Inklings Press, aiming to provide a platform for new and upcoming authors and to open the door onto different worlds.

Tales From Alternate Earths: Eight broadcasts from parallel dimensions

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Pray, Terri

Edwards, Rob

Haskins, Maria

Harris, Brent A.

Victoria, Ricardo

Maponus, Cathbad

McBride, Leo

Bensen, Daniel M.

Science Fiction

Independently published

Mastering Healthcare Regulation: A Comprehensive Case Study Approach

Medical Books

Rambur, Betty

Lunge, Robin J.

Administration & Medicine Economics

Health Administration Pr

The successor to the Sidewise Award winning Tales From Alternate Earths is here. Step into the worlds that might have been, the worlds of alternate history where climate change plunges the Earth into a frozen landscape, where the Moon landings may not have happened the way they did in our world, where a 10th century polymath invents the glider and changes the world, where Jacques Cousteau's successors create an undersea city, where Soviet astronauts are feted as heroes as they lead the way in space, where time travel runs wild and where fairy beings tiptoe into reality. All this and more. There are Americas of a different tilt, an alternate path steering away from world war, and nations where the most dangerous thing is knowledge. Authors Jessica Holmes, Daniel M. Bensen, Rob Edwards, Leo McBride, Christopher Edwards, Gideon Marcus, Casia Courtier, Jeff Provine, Cindy Tomamichel, Brent A. Harris and Bonnie Milani show us the world that might have been - if the world had taken a different path. This is the seventh anthology from Inklings Press, as we continue to open the door onto different worlds, with a foreword by Sidewise Award winner Daniel M. Bensen.

Tales From Alternate Earths 2: Eleven new broadcasts from parallel dimensions

Provine, Jeff

Marcus, Gideon

Edwards, Christopher

Courtier, Casia

Tomamichel, Cindy

Milani, Bonnie

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