You Bet Your Life

by Julie Reece Deaver

While working as an intern on a popular television comedy show produced in Chicago, seventeen-year-old Bess tries to come to terms with the loss of her mother, who committed suicide six months... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006021516X
• ISBN13: 9780060215163
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Sometimes you got to be funny

Bess is a funny girl with a sad secret.Her mother who was also funny, but who also suffered depression,committed suicide recently.Bess tries to go on with her life and plans to become a comedy writer although she believes she is too shy to become an actual comedian.She scores a job as an intern on a comedian's talk show and there she meets Elliot,strange and funny.He convinces her to start a stand-up routine with him!All the while Bess finds a close friend and mother figure in(whatsername) who is a writer(or something)for the talk show.*This is a witty,humorous novel that is a pleasure from start to finish.

This book was excellent!

After reading 'Say Goodnight Gracie' and 'Chicago Blues', both of which I could not put down, I found this book, 'You Bet Your Life' to be even better. The characters are fun, and the dialogue will keep you laughing throughout the whole book. If you like Julie Reece Deaver you'll love this book!