Fierce, Funny, and Female
A Journey through Middle America, the Texas Oil Field, and Standup Comedy
This is nationally renowned humorous speaker Marti MacGibbon's sometimes heartbreaking, often hilarious account of passage through trauma, betrayal, and loss in adolescence and young adulthood to discover her inner badass self. As one of the first women to work as a laborer in the Texas oil field, she set off explosives and staked oil wells before realizing her childhood dream of becoming a successful standup comic. The book offers insights into resiliency, courage, and self-empowerment.
