New Memoir, "Help! I Married A Comedian", Explores Love, Marriage, Comedy And Verbal Abuse With Insight And Humor
Mar 16, 2020
A memoir of life in the circus lane of marriage to a stand-up comedian by Carolyn V. Hamilton.
(PRUnderground) March 16th, 2020
There’s a fine line between comedy and cruelty, and this intimate and quirky memoir invites readers into Carolyn V. Hamilton’s tumultuous world of marriage to stand-up comedian, Cork Proctor, a Las Vegas comedy legend.
Every relationship contains a his version and her version of events, and Hamilton is clear that this is her version of her life and marriage.
From the introduction, Hamilton says, “The anatomy of a marriage – or any loving adult relationship, for that matter – can be both wonderful and weird. That certainly goes for marriage to a professional comedian, during which I have seen more comedy than one woman should ever be subjected to in her life.”
In this powerful memoir, she chronicles her experiences of love and world travel with her husband, balancing her career as a graphic designer and print communication professional with his comedy career.
In these vignette stories of their relationship, she reveals with honesty and wit the early years after they met at the Las Vegas Press Club, their courtship and consummation, their fund-raising wedding, their adventure in the U.S. Peace Corps, how the marriage ended, and their continued relationship after divorce, including his 80th birthday Las Vegas roast, and their move to Ecuador.
At the same time, Hamilton reveals her emotional triumphs and sorrows, both public and private, as she lived them.
HELP! I Married an Alien a Comedian, includes a foreword by award-winning Las Vegas journalist and historian, John L. Smith.
Smith writes, “A talented writer and artist, Carolyn gives readers a backstage pass to the downright insane world of a working comic from the showrooms and lounges of Las Vegas to cruise ships in distant ports of call. Suffice to say it’s not all grins and giggles working amid jangling slots and at times belligerent tourists. That insight alone is worth the price of admission.”
HELP! I Married an Alien a Comedian is Hamilton’s second memoir. Her first memoir, Coming to Las Vegas, A true tale of sex, drugs & Sin City in the 70s, is available at amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00O29QZW2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00O29QZW2&linkCode=as2&tag=wwwadventur01-20
Carolyn V. Hamilton is a multi-genre published author, illustrator and graphic designer who spent over three decades working as a marketing executive in the real world of Mad Men. In Las Vegas she owned her own advertising agency and later her own print communications company, Graphic Communications, Inc. In this career she won numerous creative design awards plus the Las Vegas Community Achievement Award in Communications and was listed in Distinguished Women of Southern Nevada.
She is currently Editor & Chief Adventuress for www.adventuress-travel-magazine.com, the digital magazine “for women over 50 doing fun things,” and is also an accomplished watercolor artist and associate member of the American Watercolor Society.
As a Success Coach for Memoir Writers, she helps aspiring memoir writers share their stories of adventure, adversity, and overcoming personal life challenges. Details about her program “Memoir to Legacy!” can be found at www.carolynvhamilton.com.
A graduate of Antioch University Seattle, Carolyn V. Hamilton’s other adventures have included two years as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer and a stint—in her “younger days”—as a Playboy Bunny. When not traveling, she resides with her (ex) husband, Cork Proctor, in Cuenca, Ecuador.
About Swift House Press
SWIFT HOUSE PRESS is an independent publishing company of fiction, non-fiction, adult coloring books, workshops and writing competitions.
Press Contact Name: Carolyn V. Hamilton Phone: 7023591739 Email: [email protected] Website: https://www.swifthousepress.com
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