The Real George Carlin

The Takeaway

Sally Wade is George Carlin’s widow, and she has some stories to tell. But they’re not all about the comedian and popular thinker as a gruff man given to strings of four-letter words. In her new book “The George Carlin Letters: The Permanent Courtship of Sally Wade,” she reveals letters, drawings, and experiences from the last ten years with the comedian.  

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