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Knee Deep in Paradise

by Brett Butler · 1996

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The star of the popular ABC-TV series Grace Under Fire recounts her childhood in the South as the daughter of an absent, alcoholic father, her experience with domestic abuse, and her start as a comedienne.

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humorhumorMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 295 pages

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