Synopses & Reviews
Hollis Gillespie used to be embarrassed about her hard-drinking, trailer-salesman dad and her missile-making mom with broken dreams of becoming a beautician. But that was then. This is now.
Trailer Trashed is a hilarious and blisteringly honest collection of essays that follows an offbeat single mom through the journey of her lifefrom finding solace wherever trailer hookups were found, to kidnapping a meth-addicted friend in need of rehab, to pondering over whether to use her bartenders young sperm from his old self or old sperm from his young self. In short, Holliss prospects of climbing her way out of the riotous lunacy from whence she came sometimes do seem dubious indeed.
Brimming with irreverent, side-splitting observations on life that will wow fans of Augusten Burroughs and Sarah Vowell, this is an irresistible, roller coaster ride
of a book.
Ride with me,” Holliss father used to say, and shed hop into his Chevrolet Corvair. And off theyd go again to no place in particular, happily so. Trailer Trashed is like these ridesin the end its not where you go, but the ride to get you there that matters.
Synopsis
Hollis Gillespie used to be embarrassed about having an alcoholic, trailer-salesman dad and a bomb-making mom with broken dreams of being a beautician. If anyone asked about her family, she would tell them her parents were wealthy and that she came from a refined background. She never mentioned the time they lived in a mobile home two miles north of the Tijuana border.
"Trailer Trashed" is a collection of interconnected essays, ranging from hilarious to heart-breaking, all on one broad themeHollis Gillespie's relationships with her equally offbeat sisters, her precocious daughter, her bizarre friends, and the people they love. Think David Sedaris meets "Thelma & Louise."
"If David Sedaris had a vagina and wasn't such a pussy, he'd write like Hollis Gillespie." --Bust magazine
Synopsis
Once upon a time, Hollis Gillespie was ashamed about having a hard-drinking, trailer-salesman dad and a missile-making mom with broken dreams of being a beautician. That was then. This is now. Trailer Trashed is a hilarious and heartbreaking collection of essays on one broad theme—Hollis’s relationships with her offbeat sisters, her precocious daughter, her bizarre friends, and the people they love. Brimming with irreverent, side-splitting observations on life that will wow fans of Augusten Burroughs and Sarah Vowell, Trailer Trashed follows an offbeat single mom through the raucous journey of her life, from hauling a safe to Nicaragua for her sister to selling a television series in Los Angeles for herself.
Synopsis
If you enjoy your humor twisted like a molly bolt, Gillespie is your gal. One
of the few writers who require stretching warm-ups to avoid pulling something
in a laughing seizure.”Tim Dorsey, author of Atomic Lobster Can a book be bust-out hilarious and also break your heart? Hollis Gillespies
roller coaster memoir, Trailer Trashed, does just that. In it she manages to remember not only herself, but each of us as well.
Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean and The Midnight Twins
About the Author
Hollis Gillespie is a syndicated humor columnist and the author of two memoirs, Bleachy-Haired Honky Bitch and Confessions of a Recovering Slut. She has been a Writers Digest Breakout Author of the Year” and a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She is also a television writer, NPR commentator, keynote speaker, and writing instructor. She lives in Atlanta, writing out of a trailer in her backyard.