Girl Walks into a Bar . . .
Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle

One of the better comedy memoirs that I've read in a while. I read it cover to cover on a flight today and had to suppress a few chuckles while me seat mates squirmed uncomfortably. Dratch is such a grounded person that it makes it all the more satisfying that she's found a comedy career. Her likabl......more

Girl Walks into a Bar . . .: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle was a super-charming, easy to listen to little story about comedy, the acting world, and dating in your late thirties and early forties. I'm not a SNL or Rachel Dratch super-fan, but I love listening to autobiogr......more

I would probably give this book a 2.5 instead of a 2, if that were possible. I found the first half of this book more interesting than the latter half. Mostly, I think my problem is that I found Dratch less and less relatable as I moved further into the book. I can relate to struggling to do well in......more

She somehow out-Bridgets Bridget (Jones that is), with the uncanny ability to also out-Carrie Carrie B. Dratch is a New Yorker--a woman who has done her share of looking for Mister Right, although in a less cutesy, more down to earth way. I love HER!!!! The hierarchy of comediennes-gone-literary goes......more

I listened to the audio version of GIRL WALKS INTO A BAR on a day spent almost entirely in the car and was actually sad to get home and save the rest for another day. Rachel Dratch is excellent company. The book is very well-written and completely delightful. I'll probably listen to it all over agai......more