Author: Leanne Morgan
Year published: 2026
Category: Adult nonfiction (memoir)
Pages: 240
Rating: 4.5 out of 5
Location: (my 2026 Google Reading map): USA (TN, TX, FL, CA)
Summary: The beloved comedy sensation packs a hilarious punch with real talk about what it’s like to be a woman today—from rebelling against the latest diet trends to dealing with perimenopausal mean girls and attending rock concerts in middle age.
For a long time, no one pulling the strings in the comedy world thought that a woman over fifty from rural Tennessee could make it in the industry. But Leanne Morgan has defied the odds, reaching millions with her musings on hormones, low-rise britches, Weight Watchers, and her opposites-attract relationship with her husband, Chuck.
In her charming southern accent, Morgan brings readers inside her quest to find her voice after spending many years trying to figure out what that meant. Along the way, we learn how she grew up as a butcher’s daughter, landed a husband with health insurance, honed her stand-up technique selling jewelry at house parties, embraced the glories of aging, and surrendered to the comfort of wearing big flesh-toned panties.
Equal parts warm and hilarious, this book is a must-read by one of comedy’s brightest stars—reminding you that every time life leaves you asking “What in the world?!,” something good is bound to come out of it someday.
Review: I have watched the show Leanne and enjoyed it; I especially like that it is an "old-fashioned" sitcom (why have these disappeared?). Leanne Morgan is about my age, so her jokes resonate with me: menopause, motherhood, marriage, helping aging parents, etc. I'd heard about her book, then saw it in an airport bookstore, so bought it for my trip (it is completely irrelevant that I already had 3 books with me).
Morgan feels real. She isn't telling jokes at other people's expense; she's talking about her life and what it's like to be southern and "of a certain age." It's good stuff. This book does cover her childhood, being a mom, marriage, and her humor is present throughout.
This book made me smile. It's a look into the life of someone not born into wealth or connections, but someone who had tough times, worked their way through it with humor, and has found success later in life. Totally fun!
Challenges for which this counts:
- Nonfiction
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