Life Is Funny Until It's Not
A Comic's Story of Love, Loss, and Lunacy
Published on 16. September 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-5107-8417-8 (ISBN)
Description
One of America's funniest women opens up in this real and raw memoir, encouraging readers to face life's trials with unshakeable faith and joy.
A stand-up comedian beloved for her combination of feisty wit and Southern charm, Pierce knows all too well that life is funny-until it's not. But she also knows that it will become funny again. She's held on to that hope-and that promise-through tragedy and triumph.
And now she's finally ready to tell her full story.
In Life Is Funny until It's Not, Pierce recounts a preacher's daughter's childhood filled with heartbreak, including abuse, her parents' divorce, and the sudden deaths of her two sisters in the span of two years. Even after she achieved success in her comedy tours, trials and tragedy dogged her through marriage, motherhood, and widowhood. But God was there with her through every sorrow and every joy.
This story of unshakeable hope and faith will inspire readers to turn to God and trust his faithfulness.
Chonda Pierce has a white-knuckle faith-the kind you almost dare to have taken from you. And she wants her readers to share her unapologetic courage to hope-as well as a few laughs along the way.
A stand-up comedian beloved for her combination of feisty wit and Southern charm, Pierce knows all too well that life is funny-until it's not. But she also knows that it will become funny again. She's held on to that hope-and that promise-through tragedy and triumph.
And now she's finally ready to tell her full story.
In Life Is Funny until It's Not, Pierce recounts a preacher's daughter's childhood filled with heartbreak, including abuse, her parents' divorce, and the sudden deaths of her two sisters in the span of two years. Even after she achieved success in her comedy tours, trials and tragedy dogged her through marriage, motherhood, and widowhood. But God was there with her through every sorrow and every joy.
This story of unshakeable hope and faith will inspire readers to turn to God and trust his faithfulness.
Chonda Pierce has a white-knuckle faith-the kind you almost dare to have taken from you. And she wants her readers to share her unapologetic courage to hope-as well as a few laughs along the way.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Skyhorse Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5107-8417-8 (9781510784178)
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Person
Chonda Pierce is a stand-up comedian, Emmy-nominated television host, producer, screenwriter, and actress who has been making audiences laugh for more than three decades with her winning combination of fierce wit and Southern charm. She is the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) bestselling female comedian and the author of several books, including Laughing in the Dark, Roadkill on the Highway to Heaven, and Second Row, Piano Side.