First published 2015
Ali Wentworth discovers an inspirational tweet that changes everything. She decides to follow every piece of wisdom that appears in her social media feeds. What starts as an ironic experiment becomes her serious "Unhappiness Project." She applies Twitter philosophy to parenting her children, managing her marriage, and attempting fitness routines. The advice proves disastrous in practice. Her workouts fail spectacularly. Her relationship guidance backfires. Her parenting tips create chaos. Each maxim she embraces with growing conviction leads to increasingly absurd situations. Wentworth transforms from skeptical observer to true believer in 140-character wisdom. The gap between online inspiration and real life grows wider with each attempt. Her quest for betterment through social media becomes a comedy of errors that reveals how self-help culture collides with actual human experience.
Genres: humor, self-help, contemporary, non-fiction
Vibes: comedic, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: comedic-misadventures, fish-out-of-water
245 pages · Kindle Edition · Harper