Please Excuse My Daughter - Hardcover

"If tragedy plus time equals comedy, Julie Klam makes the most of that equation. Her funny, poignant, and original first memoir is a must read for anyone who has ever had a mother, a crazy boyfriend, or has been in therapy. This is gallows humor from a girl who lived life at the end of her rope." -Carrie Fisher, author of "Postcards from the Edge" "Julie Klam is one funny writer. "Please Excuse My Daughter" is also unstintingly honest and very smart; a slyly moving book, it stays with you." -David Rakoff, author of "Don't Get Too Comfortable" and Fraud "Julie Klam's memoir is so hilarious and touching and terrific that I like to go around claiming the reminiscences in it are mine. If you read this book and don't think it's droll and funny and happy and sad, then you and I surely disagree about everything." -Patricia Marx, author of "Him Her Him Again The End of Him" "In a memoir that is often hilarious, sometimes poignant, and always endearing, Julie Klam lets us in on her deepest secrets and invites us to share in her struggles and triumphs as a daughter, wife, mother, and writer. "Please Excuse My Daughter" is an exhilarating debut from a major new writer, one with an almost-magical knack for finding comedy in the most unlikely places." -Rich Cohen, author of "Sweet and Low: A Family Story"

Julie Klam grew up in Bedford, New York. After attending NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and interning at Late Night with David Letterman, she went on to write for such publications as O, The Oprah Magazine, Rolling Stone, Harper's Bazaar, Glamour, and The New York Times Magazine and for the VH1 television show Pop-Up Video, where she earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Special Class Writing. She married the show's producer, Paul Leo. They live with their daughter and three dogs in Manhattan.