My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands

Either you have experienced it yourself or you know someone who has: the one-night stand, the predictable result of an evening at the pub, sometimes the only consolation prize for your friend's annoying wedding, or the only solace after an awful trip. A widespread social ritual as ancient as sex itself, the one-night stand is sometimes awkward and humiliating, sometimes absurd, but most of the time it's simply an inevitable evil.

Chelsea Handler now comes in. Chelsea is an attractive, astute, and non-shy woman who has an infatuation with males. My Horizontal Life is a candid narrative of what happens when a guy and an extroverted, often very inebriated lady spend a single passionate night together, following her wild ride through the bedrooms of several suitors. Chelsea recalls the highs and lows of her one-night stands with hilarious candor, ranging from her brief affair with a Vegas stripper to her even shorter liaison with a well-endowed little person, from her awkward tryst with a cruise ship performer to her foolish comeback with a man who enjoys playing leather dress-up. Encouraged by her eclectic group of friends—her partners in crime—but challenged by her family, who sometimes find themselves thrust into unexpected situations, Chelsea falls to her lowest point and rises above it, without hesitating to divulge the unpleasant facts. One guilty pleasure you won't feel embarrassed to discuss in the morning is My Horizontal Life.