{"product_id":"9781476733449","title":"Ham: Slices of a Life: True Life Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a collection of personal essays that are “both rip-roaringly funny and sentimental, drawing natural (and justified) comparisons to David Sedaris and David Rakoff” (\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e), longtime recording artist and actor Sam Harris recounts stories of friendship, love, celebrity, and growing up and getting sober.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn sixteen brilliantly observed true stories, Sam Harris emerges as a natural humorist in league with David Sedaris, Chelsea Handler, Carrie Fisher, and Steve Martin, but with a voice uniquely his own. Praised by the \u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e for his “manic, witty commentary,” and with a storytelling talent \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e calls “\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e– worthy,” he puts a comedic spin on full-disclosure episodes from his own colorful life. In “I Feel, You Feel” he opens for Aretha Franklin during a blizzard. “Promises” is a front-row account of Liza Minnelli’s infamous wedding to “the man whose name shall go unmentioned.” In “The Zoo Story” Harris desperately searches for a common bond with his rough-and-tumble four-year-old son.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat better place to find painfully funny material than in growing up gay, gifted, and ambitious in the heart of the Bible belt? And that’s just the first cut: From partying to parenting, from Sunday school to getting sober, these slices of \u003ci\u003eHam\u003c\/i\u003e will have you laughing and wiping away salty tears in equal measure with their universal and down-to-earth appeal. After all, there’s a little ham in all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gallery Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47044475322608,"sku":"9781476733449","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781476733449_p0.jpg?v=1763609712","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781476733449","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}