Chelsea Handler writing a book called 50 Shades of Chartreuse

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Aside from drunken exploits and her crazy family, late-night host Chelsea Handlers favorite topic to write about is sex, so it shouldnt be surprising that the title of her next book 50 Shades of Chartreuse: This Time Its Personal spoofs E L James erotica phenomenon. Chartreuse will be released Oct. 2013 under Handlers own A Chelsea Handler Book/Borderline Amazing imprint of Grand Central Publishing. While the title seems to promise the new book will have the same raunchy, sarcastic tone as her first three essay collections, its tagline which it shares with Jaws: The Revenge might suggest this tome might be a little more serious. Handler has been expressing recently that she wants to take her E! series Chelsea Lately in a slightly weightier direction. In a statement, a rep for Grand Central Publishing said, The new book is groundbreaking. Bigger stories, smaller type.

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