First published 2014
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee opens her world of daily disasters and small victories. She examines creative discipline when inspiration refuses to show up. She considers the peculiar challenge of fixing email problems through methods no one else would attempt. She looks at the eternal struggle with pants that never quite fit right. Pearl-McPhee moves through parenting moments that test every theory she once believed. She finds humor in ordinary problems that resist simple solutions. Each short commentary reveals how the amazing hides inside the mundane. The book admits it won't solve your daily struggles. Instead, it transforms frustration into laughter through Pearl-McPhee's sharp observations about life's persistent absurdities.
Genres: american-fiction, humor, non-fiction, 21st-century, academic
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking, whimsical
Tropes: found-family, slice-of-life
Period: 21st-Century
224 pages · Paperback · Andrews McMeel Publishing