Warwick's is hosting stand-up comic Paula Poundstone on Wednesday, June 28th at 7:30pm to discuss and sign her book The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness. Paula Poundstone tours all over the country and is a popular panelist on NPR’s weekly comedy quiz “Wait, Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me!” Her long list of accomplishments includes HBO specials, an Emmy Award, two Cable ACE Awards, and an America Comedy Award for Best Female Stand-Up. She lives in Santa Monica, California. This event is free and open to the public. Reserved Seating is available when the book is pre-ordered from Warwick's for the event. Only books purchased from Warwick's will be signed. Please call the Warwick's Book Dept. (858) 454-0347 for details.
“Happiness is the trickiest of all emotions,” Paula posits. “It is elusive. If you crack an egg into a bowl and small bit of eggshell gets in there, it slips away at every approach of your finger, but it you don’t bother looking for it and just cook it up, you’re likely to chomp down on it without even trying. Happiness is like a rogue piece of eggshell, I bet.” Still, determined to take a more proactive approach to finding happiness—while exerting her constitutionally-granted right to pursue it—Paula sets out on her quest through a series of potentially life-altering experiments.
Throughout her search, Paula brings readers inside her unashamedly imperfect life, as she juggles the needs of three sometimes-not-so-cooperative kids whom she adores despite the challenges (“Parenting is a lot harder than I ever thought it would be, whether your desk is clean or not.”). Nevertheless, she persists! The payoff of Paula’s dogged quest for the secret to happiness is that she discovers much about herself and reaches some profound conclusions: “There is joy to be found in the world,” Paula observes, “even without the possibility of playing the oboe.”
And for readers the payoff is that Paula Poundstone has given us a dose of happiness with her hilarious new book.