Dirtbag queen: a memoir of my mother

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Corren, Andy, 1969-

Corren, Andy

Cary Regional
Duraleigh Road Community
Fuquay-Varina Community
Northeast Regional
Oberlin Regional
Southeast Regional

Biography

Cary Regional - Biography
Duraleigh Road - Biography
Fuquay-Varina Community - Biography
Northeast Regional - Biography
Oberlin Regional - Biography
Southeast Regional - Biography

"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--some of whom she even knew," 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"--

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9781538742228

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Wake County Public Libraries

Cary Regional
Duraleigh Road Community
Fuquay-Varina Community
Northeast Regional
Oberlin Regional
Southeast Regional

9781538742228

2025

Grand Central Publishing

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Autobiographies
Biographies
Corren family
Corren, Andy, -- 1969-
Corren, Renay Mandel, -- 1937-2021
Fayetteville (N.C.) -- Biography
Fayetteville (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
Jewish families -- North Carolina -- Fayetteville
Jewish gay men -- North Carolina -- Fayetteville -- Biography
Jewish women -- North Carolina -- Fayetteville -- Biography
Jews -- North Carolina -- Fayetteville -- Biography

Dirtbag queen : a memoir of my mother

Dirtbag queen : a memoir of my mother / Andy Corren

Dirtbag queen

a memoir of my mother

Corren family
Corren, Andy
Corren, Renay Mandel
Jewish families
Jewish gay men
Jewish women
Jews
Social life and customs