Born the child of a homo and a hypochondriac (Okay, okay. Her dadâs not really a homosexual. He just acts like it. Her mom, however, really is a hypochondriac), Sara Barron never stood a chance of being normal. At age eleven, she starts writing porn (âHe humped me wildly with his wienerâ). At twelve, she gets mistaken for a trannie. The pre-op sort, no less. By seventeen, she's featured on the Jerry Springer Show. And thatâs all before she hits New York.
People Are Unappealing tells the strange, funny, and sometimes filthy stories of Sara Barronâs twisted suburban upbringing and deranged attempt at taking the Big Apple by stormâfirst as an actor (then a waiter), then a dancer (then a waiter), then a comic (then a waiter). Itâs there that she meets the ex-boyfriend turned street clown. The silk pajama-clad poet. The OCD Xanax addict who refuses to have sex wearing any fewer than three condoms.
Barron has a knack for attracting the unattractive. People Are Unappealing is her wickedly funny look at the dark side of humanity.