Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea is a 2008 best-selling book by Chelsea Handler, published on April 22, 2008, by Simon Spotlight Entertainment. The book is a collection of humorous and mostly autobiographical essays about her life. Handler has stated in an interview with Barnes & Noble that she waited to write a book with such stories with no concrete theme and wrote My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands with the theme of one-night stands to get her enough popularity for this sort of book to do well. The title is satirically modeled after the 1970 Judy Blume novel Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. As of 2008, with the release of Vodka, sales of her first book have since rocketed; the two titles have sold a combined 1.7 million copies, according to Nielsen BookScan and have both topped several bestseller lists.
First edition cover | |
| Author | Chelsea Handler |
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| Cover artist | Michael Nagin (design) Zach Cordner (photo) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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| Published | April 22, 2008 |
| Publisher | Simon Spotlight Entertainment |
| Media type | Hardcover |
| Pages | 272 |
| ISBN | 978-1-4169-5412-5 |
| OCLC | 173640867 |
| 306.7092 22 | |
| LC Class | HQ801 .H3193 2008 |
| Preceded by | My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands |
| Followed by | Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang |
In February 2011, a television pilot for NBC loosely based on the book was announced, starring Laura Prepon as Chelsea. The pilot was ordered to series on May 13, 2011, for the 2011–12 television season, with its title shortened to Are You There, Chelsea? The series premiered on NBC on January 11, 2012, and was cancelled on May 11, 2012, after one season.