Cameron Esposito is a Los Angeles-based comic, actor, and writer. Cameron's career has spanned everything from big-budget films to Sundance indies to animation. She costarred in and cocreated the much-lauded Take My Wife, now on Starz, has written for the New York Times, and has appeared as herself on TV, podcasts, and web series alike. Cameron hosts a popular interview podcast, Queery with Cameron Esposito, and her recent hit comedy special, Rape Jokes, raised almost $100,000 for rape crisis intervention.
"Save Yourself details [Esposito's] funny, cringeworthy, and
insight recollections, from joining the circus to become a better
comedian, to coming out at a Catholic college and having period sex
in Rome."--Xtra
"Save Yourself digs deep into the pitfalls of growing up gay and
Catholic-a very human, very relatable tug-of-war Esposito
experienced firsthand and is finally ready to talk about. Esposito
hive, rest assured: She does so with honesty, humility, and plenty
of laughs."--New Now Next
"[A] read that's both heart-breaking and heart-warming, with a
heavy dose of laugh out loud humor."--Chicago Reader
"A laugh-out-loud collection of cringeworthy stories covering
everything from coming out in yours 20s-at a Catholic women's
college, nonetheless-to accepting yourself for who truly are-even
if you're "'a bowl cut-sporting, bespectacled, gender-nonconforming
child with an eye patch.'"--Queerty
"Cameron is as hilarious and honest in these pages as she is on the
stage. Because our stories are so similar, her hard-won wisdom and
brilliant humor have helped me heal. Save Yourself is a gift that
will help every person who reads it become braver, bolder, and more
comfortable in their own perfect skin."--Abby Wambach, author of #1
New York Times bestseller Wolfpack and Olympic soccer star who
Cameron believes she's the same size as
"Cameron Esposito is just as fierce and funny and frank on the page
as she is out loud. And she's only begun to tell her story."--Paul
F. Tompkins, comedian and fairly elected president of
podcasting
"Cameron Esposito's Save Yourself is an insightful and often
hilarious memoir of gender, identity, and much more."--Largehearted
Boy
"Cameron's humor is hope. Her quick wit is both a balm and a guide
for anyone who has ever stepped out blithely into a world of doers
trying to force themselves closed upon us. This book is about
survival and love and laughter. I loved it."--Jacqueline Woodson,
#1 New York Times bestselling author and actual literary genius
"Esposito brings her distinctive and queer-focused brand of humor
to the memoir, combining laugh-out-loud moments with somber
reflections on gender, sexuality, religion, social power dynamics,
and how to start saving yourself."--Booklist
"Esposito is wildly funny and is particularly adept at finding
humor in tough moments. . . This entertaining and candid memoir of
finding one's identity will resonate with readers doing the
same."--Publishers Weekly
"If you haven't seen Cameron Esposito perform comedy, you should be
sad, because she's so so so funny, so full of insight, courage, and
just plain VERVE. Luckily she invented the written word (or would
have if someone hadn't already--she's just that unstoppable) and
now you can carry her voice and story and full-throated insistence
on living in truth right along with you, every day. And now you can
be happy. Finally."--John Hodgman, author of New York Times
bestseller Vacationland, plus a very funny man
"In Save Yourself, Esposito brings her signature sharp-as-nails
humor and deeply resonant insight into a memoir about growing up
Catholic, and how that helped her be gay. (Well, sort
of.)"--Electric Literature
"In her new memoir, Save Yourself, Esposito writes with her
signature deadpan humor, but her story is much more nuanced than
your typical celebrity memoir."--The Seattle Times
"In [Save Yourself], Esposito explores her coming out process and
writes the queer coming-of-age story she wishes she heard as a
young person. From being an awkward tween with an eyepatch to
worrying God cursed her with ringworm after her first gay kiss,
this memoir will make you laugh, cry, and feel a little bit
gayer."--Book Riot
"It can't be understated how necessary a book like Save Yourself
is. . . I think everyone would benefit from reading this book, but
most of all I hope Save Yourself finds its way into the hands of
every queer person longing for stories like their own."--Tegan
Quin, musician, inventor of most lesbian haircuts, and coauthor of
High School
"Looking for a more aggressively raucous personal account of
reconciling faith with sexuality? Acclaimed comic Cameron Esposito
is your source. Save Yourself charts the good, the bad, and the
messy of Esposito's personal journey, from joining the circus to
having period sex in Rome."--Harper's Bazaar
"Resisting the tropes that often serve only to further marginalize
LGBTQ+ characters in literature, Esposito's book tells her own,
unapologetically queer story, no holds barred."--Bustle
"This book offers a balm for anyone who has grown up gender
atypical and for those who sometimes feel as though they haven't
grown up at all."--Oprah Magazine
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"Filled with both charming, hilarious, and cringe-worthy personal
anecdotes, this is a book anyone can relate to--especially if
you've ever been an awkward, closeted teen."--Real Simple
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