They Tore Out My Heart and Stomped That Sucker Flat

by Grizzard, Lewis

• ISBN13: 9781588382580
• ISBN10: 1588382583
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-01
• Publisher: Newsouth Inc

Summary

They Tore Out My Heart and Stomped That Sucker Flat, first published in 1982, has sold more than 100,000 copies. Without skipping a beat, one of America¿s favorite humorists, the late Lewis Grizzard, tells of the early stirrings of his wayward heart in the backseat of a ¿57 Chevy and the ominous murmurings that led him at age thirty-five to major surgery and the real answer to his question, ¿How much is this going to hurt?¿ In the process he discovers all the ways a heart can break. Young love. Three marriages. His father¿s death. And why his entire future suddenly depended on a little pig. He tells the truth¿the whole truth¿the kind that has readers laughing through their tears. United Press International said, ¿It makes you feel good to know a person can face the tubes, wires, knives and needles of major heart surgery and make you laugh about it¿hilarious!¿

Table of Contents

Murmurings and Sad Love Songs	p. 9
"This Might Sting a Little'	p. 20
The Hog and I	p. 34
An Awful Attack of Sentimentality	p. 42
Where are you, now that I Need you, Lucille?	p. 56
Good Men of God	p. 66
Adventures in ICU	p. 75
Tubes	p. 85
Heart II	p. 96
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