I am very proud of myself. After four years of rewrites and rejections, my new and 4th book Window Shopping is ready to buy here!
The wonderful West Coast publisher Douglas and McIntyre has launched it this spring and have been a dream to work with from top to finish helping shape and promote this book. Check it out!
This weekend, May 4th it’s officially launched but you can order today on any online sites ( Indigo, Coles, Amazon) Or if you want your local Independent bookstore to carry it simply call and they will order it. Stores that already have it: Type Books in Toronto. Books on Main in Bath and Novel Idea in Kingston. And McNally’s in Winnipeg.

Here are a few nice reviews:

“A hilarious, poignant and moving memoir from a very funny lady. Window Shopping for God is a must-read for anyone who has ever found themselves searching for meaning, only to discover it hiding in plain sight. I couldn’t put it down, and I laughed so hard I cried. This is one of those books that will make people ask, “What are you reading???” I highly recommend this book.”
Colette Baron-Reid, Author, educator and artist.

Window Shopping for God is a mesmerizing book of unflinch ing honesty, poignancy and yes, the trademark Kimmett hilarity.  

Addiction, birth, death, Catholics, Buddhists, witches, therapists, family, friends, this book has it all. Please read about Deborah’s search for a belief system, the meaning of life and good scones. 

You won’t be sorry. 

Colin Mochrie, Star of Whose Line Is It Anyway?

With this bold and honest story, Deborah Kimmett’s unique voice is a beacon in today’s society where women of a certain age are rarely seen, let alone heard. Honesty and comedy make for a powerful combination. As we say in the business, know your audience. Deborah not only knows her audience but she’s captured us brilliantly.

Tracy L. Rideout, Former executive producer, CBC Radio Comedy

Window Shopping for God is a fun page-turner of a book. An irreverent, poignant, utterly readable and sometimes hysterical look at the dark, disturbing but mostly hilarious moments in Deborah Kimmett’s life. 

Mary Walsh, Comedian and co-star of CBC’s This Hour has 22 Minutes

As moving as it is hilarious, Deborah Kimmett’s memoir lays bare the life of a Second City comic. She revels in onstage triumphs and gets abruptly fired, dates far too many musicians, battles alcoholism finds sobriety and lurches into motherhood by birthing two babies in a year, one of them achingly premature. All the while, Kimmett is looking for God, and we’re with her on every step of her rowdy and riveting quest.

Lesley Krueger, Author of Far Creek Road

If you’re looking for God, you might not find what you’re looking for in the pages of this book. But if you’re looking to tag along for an uproarious spiritual journey of self-revelation, forgiveness and transcendence—wherein the line between truth and memory and outright invention is as inscrutable as an act of divine intervention—this is the book for you. Window Shopping for God is daring, innovative and side-splitting. 

Joel Thomas Hynes, Governor General’s Literary Award-Winning author
“Window Shopping for God feels like finding a new friend. It
made me cry because I was laughing so hard, and sometimes
it just made me cry, in a good way. You’ll love this book if you’re a recovering Catholic; struggled with addiction; lost a loved one; worked in comedy; have been in therapy; are afraid to start therapy; …searched for something called God…
what the hell, you’ll love this book. “
Kate Story, Governor General’s Literary Award finalist and theatre Sean Yelland Artist

Buy your copy today and support this wonderful project!

If you want a book signing at your local book store let me know and there are some openings to do online book clubs if you are interested.