This is a story of tenacity, persistence, and sheer determination. Lynn Ruth Miller is an 80something-year-old standup comedienne who travels the world telling jokes and shattering stereotypes. After spending her first seventy years in dead-end jobs, Lynn Ruth stumbled onto her dream career after joining a comedy class with the journalistic intent of exposing it as a sham. To her surprise, she found the class was not only legitimate, it gave her a new lease on life.
Encouraged by her early comedic success, she began traveling an uncertain but surprisingly fulfilling professional path from one stage to the next in search of the next laugh. For over fifteen years, Lynn Ruth has been pursuing her late-in-life dream career as she wins over audiences around the world. The Last Laugh: The World's Oldest Standup Comedienne Rocks the Comedy Stage is an inspiring story that proves age is just a number and even includes advice for aspiring comedians.
The important thing to remember is that we all have the power to control our own happiness, and life should be lived to the fullest, Lynn Ruth Miller-style.
