Dirtbag Queen
by Andy Corren
Narrated by Andy Corren
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Pub Date Jan 14 2025 | Archive Date Jan 14 2025
Hachette Audio | Grand Central Publishing
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Description
“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, in her hometown paper The Fayetteville Observer, 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.
His obituary for Renay was just the tip of the iceberg. In this uproariously funny, deeply moving family portrait, readers meet the rest of his absurd clan: his brothers, affectionately nicknamed Asshole (whose terrible attitude permeates every room he enters), Twin (held back a year and constantly mistaken for Andy despite the fact that they look nothing alike), and Rabbi (the only one who had a Bar Mitzvah); his one-eyed pirate queen of a sister, Cathy Sue (a teen bride who lost an eye to a Pepsi bottle); and then there’s the mysterious 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 “didn't cook, didn't clean, and was lousy with money” but 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.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format, Unabridged |
| ISBN | 9781668643747 |
| PRICE | $27.99 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Reviewer 785419
I listened to the audiobook and the narrator was hilarious! He truly made a funny book even better with his expressiveness and timing. Loved all the different stories of Ann’s life and his mom. Highly recommend this one but definitely listen to the audio!
Caroline F, Reviewer
What a simply spectacular memoir! I love autobiographies even more when they're performed by the author, and Andy Corren does an incredible job with Dirtbag Queen
The précis describes Dirtbag Queen as a memoir for Corren's "loud, filthy‑minded (and filthy‑mouthed)" mother, but believe me this is very much an autobiography of the author. This book is filled with details of growing up in a wild and wacky family, and coming out during a unique time and geographical place in America.
Dirtbag Queen is beautifully crafted and quite intimate, and I really enjoyed Andy Corren's witty, clever writing style. I'm dying to see what else he's published. Plus, his performance in the audio version is absolutely marvelous!
If this cover doesn't grab your attention LOL I don't know what will!
Bookseller 1085910
Oh my god. This narrator is incredible, first of all—the perfect choice for this book. I loved and hated every character which is also perfect because this is REAL LIFE, this is THE SOUTH. We love to see a gay story about his momma!
Librarian 677596
I listened to the audio only after reading the book. The author is also the narrator of this funny, heartwarming, memoir. If you enjoy the book, this audio makes it even better. I adore Andy’s accent and the fun salacious way he describes how he’s sitting in the waterbed with his mom, Renay, as she’s flipping the pages slowly as she is reading the converted, Julia Quinn’s latest steamy novel and Ann (Andy) has to wait for mom to finish it. Knowing her son is dying for that book, she will savor every page and read it in her own time, flicking wrist as she turns the pages and knowingly irritating Ann. The foot massages are hysterical!
This memoir celebrates Renay's legacy: funny, bowling alley mafia queen, and adversary of the Julia Quinn novels, and most of all, mother to Ann and his motley crew he calls his brothers, regardless that she didn’t cook or clean but she still taught you things about life.
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