Cracking Up

Just as plucky 12-year-old Peanut Beardsley is getting used to her terrible new pixie haircut--which she's told makes her look just like David Bowie, whoever he is--as well as the daily humiliations of seventh grade, she is about to discover something shocking about her childhood in the most painfully public way possible. This launches a wildly personal drama in full view of all her classmates. Luckily, Peanut is equipped with a strong sense of humor to help her find a way to turn her crisis into a triumph.

SAMANTHA BEE left Comedy Central's The Daily Show in 2015 after twelve years with the program. In November 2015, she launches The Detour, a ten-episode road-trip comedy created with her husband, Jason Jones, for TBS. And in January 2016 she launches The Samantha Bee Show, a late night comedy show, also on TBS. She is the author of the adult memoir I Know I Am But What Are You? and lives with her family in New York City.