Meet Andy Corren on the DIRTBAG QUEEN Tour
“Utterly unhinged, hilarious, and unexpectedly heartbreaking.”
Jenny Lawson, #1 New York Times bestselling author
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Corner Bookstore
In conversation with Ryan Eggold
New York, NY
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Instagram Live with actress Sarah Rafferty
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Page 158 Books
Wake Forest, NC
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Country Bookshop
Southern Pines, NC
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Idler Books
Palenville, NY
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A Capella Books
In conversation with Lisandra Vazquez
Atlanta, GA
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Parnassus Books
In conversation with Stephanie Silverman
Nashville, TN
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Malaprop's Bookstore
In conversation with Carrie Frye
Asheville, NC
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Lemuria Books
Jackson, MS
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Nowhere Bookshop
San Antonio, TX
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2nd Annual Palm Springs Readers' Festival
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Palm Springs, CA
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Godmothers Books
In conversation with Troian Bellisario
Montecito, CA
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Book Soup
In conversation with Patrick J. Adams
West Hollywood, CA
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Warwick's
San Diego, CA
“Because she was my mother, the death of zaftig good-time gal Renay Corren is newsworthy to me, and I treat it with the same respect and reverence she had for, well, nothing. A more disrespectful, trash talking woman was not to be found.”
So began Andy Corren's unforgettable obituary for his mother, Renay Mandel Corren, a tribute that went on to touch the hearts of millions around the globe. In his brief telling of the life and legend that was Renay, a “loud, filthy‑minded (and filthy‑mouthed) Jewish lady redneck who birthed six kids,” Andy captured only a slice of his loving and fabulously unconventional mother.
In this uproariously funny, deeply moving family portrait, readers meet the rest of his absurd clan: his brothers, affectionately nicknamed Asshole, Twin, and Rabbi; his one-eyed pirate queen of a sister, Cathy Sue; and then there’s Bonus, who Andy isn’t aware of until later in life since this mysterious oldest brother grew up at the Green Valley School for Emotionally Disturbed and Delinquent Children.
A story of love and forgiveness, as well as a celebration of a woman who was “great at dyeing her red roots, weekly manicures, filthy jokes, pier fishing, rolling joints and buying dirty magazines," Dirtbag Queen is an entertaining and poignant portrayal of the complex and heartfelt humanity that unites us all—especially family.