Standing Up

Marion Grodin is that rare combination of really smart and really down to earth. Her comedy is painfully and wonderfully honest. She doesn't know how to phony. She is one of the greats.—Colin Quinn

"Marion's a pro. Excellent. Big laughs. Somebody, anybody, take her and...throw a show around her."—Cindy Adams, columnist, NY Post

"When life is getting us down and we need to laugh until tears are rolling down our cheeks, we go to a Marion Grodin show. Marion doesn't let us forget that life is mundane and hard but somehow helps us to laugh at our ridiculous behavior and still love ourselves for it."—Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon

"In the world of comedy Marion Gordin has been a hidden treasure for far too long. All you have to do is open this book and that treasure of funny is yours. Enjoy."—Lewis Black, New York Times bestselling author

"Marion Grodin writes as she speaks, with a sharply funny honesty we cherish in our friends and fear in our enemies."—Jim Gaffigan, New Times bestselling author of Dad is Fat

"I have not read this book, nor do I intend to read it, certainly not without some therapy or possibly medication. While I have happily received more public recognition than Marion, I cannot stand that she gets more laughs than I do, when we are around others. As a result I have chosen not to be in her presence for the last decade. Enough is enough!"—Charles Grodin

"Sharp, witty, occasional black humor from a woman who has gone through hell and back and lived to tell the tale."—Kirkus

"Quirky, self-excoriating, tremendously human, Grodin is unafraid to tackle funny, sad, deeply painful issues of self-image and dependence."—Publishers Weekly