My Horizontal Life

In this raucous collection of true-life experiences, actress and comedian Chelsea Handler recounts her time spent in the social trenches with that wild, strange, irresistible, and often satisfying beast: the one-night stand.

You ve either done it or know someone who has: the one-night stand, the familiar outcome of a night spent at a bar, sometimes the sole payoff for your friend s irritating wedding, or the only relief from a disastrous vacation. Often embarrassing and uncomfortable, occasionally outlandish, but most times just a necessary and irresistible evil, the one-night stand is a social rite as old as sex itself and as common as a bar stool.

Enter Chelsea Handler. Gorgeous, sharp, and anything but shy, Chelsea loves men and lots of them. My Horizontal Life chronicles her romp through the different bedrooms of a variety of suitors, a no-holds barred account of what can happen between a man and a sometimes very intoxicated, outgoing woman during one night of passion.

From her short fling with a Vegas stripper to her even shorter dalliance with a well-endowed little person, from her uncomfortable tryst with a cruise ship performer to her misguided rebound with a man who likes to play leather dress-up, Chelsea recalls the highs and lows of her one-night stands with hilarious honesty, revealing precious bits of casual sex wisdom along the way.

Encouraged by her motley collection of friends (aka: her partners in crime) but challenged by her family members (who at times find themselves a surprise part of the encounter), Chelsea hits bottom and bounces back, unafraid to share the gritty details. My Horizontal Life is one guilty pleasure you won t be ashamed to talk about in the morning.

About the Author

Chelsea Handler was born in Livingston, New Jersey, and has toured the United States doing stand-up. She was featured at the Montreal Comedy Festival as well as this past year s HBO s Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. She s since settled in Los Angeles where she can be seen at the Comedy Store and the Laugh Factory, and as one of the stars on Oxygen s Girls Behaving Badly. Chelsea has starred in several independent films and has made guest-star appearances on programs such as Spy TV, My Wife and Kids, The Bernie Mac Show, and David E. Kelley s The Practice. Her stand-up will soon be televised on VH1 s Love Lounge, Comedy Central s Premium Blend, and HBO s broadcast of the Aspen Comedy Festival.