First published 2017
Samantha Irby has no time for your self-improvement platitudes. In this uproarious collection, she skewers the search for love, happiness, and her own inner adult, one irreverent personal essay at a time. From disastrous dates to her aversion to adulting, Irby's sharp, biting humor lays bare the anxieties of modern life. But beneath the biting wit lies a poignant vulnerability as Irby reckons with chronic illness, grief, and the challenges of building a fulfilling life on her own terms.
Genres: american-fiction, american, autobiography, contemporary, adult, adult-fiction, biography-memoir, 21st-century
Vibes: emotional-atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: personal-journey, vulnerability
Setting: United States
275 pages · Paperback · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Content warnings: anxiety, depression, mental-illness