{"product_id":"mortified-real-words-real-people-real-pathetic-9781416928072","title":"Mortified: Real Words. Real People. Real Pathetic.","description":"\u003cb\u003eShare the shame.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the days before blogs, teenagers recorded their lives with a pen in top-secret notebooks, usually emblazoned with an earnest, underlined plea to parents to keep away. Since 2002, David Nadelberg has tapped that vast wellspring of adolescent anguish in the stage show \u003ci\u003eMortified\u003c\/i\u003e, in which grown men and women confront their past with firsthand tales of their first kiss, first puff, worst prom, fights with mom, life at bible camp, worst hand job, best mall job, and reasons they deserved to marry Simon LeBon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Following the same formula that has made the live show a beloved cult hit, \u003ci\u003eMortified\u003c\/i\u003e the book takes real childhood journals and documents and edits the entries into captivating, comedic, and cathartic stories, introduced by their now older (and allegedly wiser) authors. From letters begging rescue from a hellish summer camp to catty locker notes about stuck-up classmates to obsessive love that borders on stalking, \u003ci\u003eMortified\u003c\/i\u003e gives voice to the real -- and really pathetic -- hopes, fears, desires, and creative urgings that have united adolescents for generations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Nadelberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallery Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/28\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.28h x 5.56w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416928072\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/04\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNadelberg, David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Mortified is the creation of David Nadelberg--a writer\/producer\/angstologist living in Los Angeles, the official town of public humiliation. Since 2002, he has sifted through hundreds of journals belonging to strangers and edited them into comedic pieces. He has written and produced numerous TV pilots for places UPN, VH1 and Comedy Central that were so amazing, they never even aired.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gallery Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45055633850483,"sku":"9781416928072","price":30.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_e01a7cf0-cc52-4884-bdde-0f5209718090.jpg?v=1780068782","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/mortified-real-words-real-people-real-pathetic-9781416928072","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}