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Lisa Cheek

Goodreads Author

Website

https://lisacheek.com/

Genre

Memoir

Influences

Abigail Thomas, Sloane Crosley, David Sedaris

Member Since

August 2008

URL

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Lisa Cheek is an author and former film and television editor known for her humorous, candid writing about relationships and identity. Her debut memoir, Sit, Cinderella, Sit, was a People Magazine pick, an Amazon bestseller, a Next Generation Indie Book Award finalist, and was named one of Zibby Owen's Most Anticipated Books of 2025. Her latest memoir, The Big Day, is a funny, unflinching look at love, marriage, and the complicated question of whether to stay or walk away. You can find her musings at One Minute Thoughts From A Pink Head on Substack. She lives in Los Angeles with two dogs, two cats, and her husband, Big Johnson, where she has several scripts in various stages of development while working on her next memoir ...more

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Average rating: 4.57 · 89 ratings · 63 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sit, Cinderella, Sit: A Mostly True Memoir 4.51 avg rating — 71 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Big Day: Saying "I Do" Only to Discover I Didn't – Another Mostly True Memoir 4.83 avg rating — 18 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Big Day: Saying "I Do" Only to Discover I Didn't – Another Mostly True Memoir

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Lisa Cheek wants to read Drama Drama Drama: A Novel by Gerilyn Bass Greenberg	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lisa Cheek wants to read Where I'm From: A Poetic Journey Across Five Continents―A Memoir by Ebony Walden (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lisa Cheek wants to read Asymmetries: A Memoir of Difference by Caren Rabbino	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lisa Cheek wants to read Our Long Goodbye: A Daughter, a Father, a Best Friend, and the Journey Through Alzheimer's by Teri Roche Drobnick (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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