'We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.' by Samantha Irby is a collection of raw and honest essays that delve into the author's experiences as a black woman in America. Irby shares her struggles with anxiety, chronic illness, and dating, all while infusing her writing with humor and wit. The book offers a glimpse into Irby's life, where she fearlessly exposes her innermost thoughts and secrets, creating a relatable and entertaining narrative for readers. Through her quirky storytelling, Irby explores themes of self-deprecation, love, and the challenges of navigating through life's uncertainties.
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Sensitive Topics/Content Warnings
The book contains content related to mental health struggles, discussions of chronic illness, and themes of poverty, which may be triggering for some readers.
From The Publisher:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
This essay collection from the "bitches gotta eat" blogger, writer on Hulu's Shrill, and "one of our country's most fierce and foulmouthed authors" (Amber Tamblyn, Vulture) is sure to make you alternately cackle with glee and cry real tears.
Whether Samantha Irby is talking about how her difficult childhood has led to a problem in making "adult" budgets; explaining why she should be the new Bachelorette (she's "35-ish, but could easily pass for 60-something"); detailing a disastrous pilgrimage-slash-romantic-vacation to Nashville to scatter her estranged father's ashes; sharing awkward sexual encounters; or dispensing advice on how to navigate friendships with former drinking buddies who are now suburban moms (hang in there for the Costco loot!); she's as deft at poking fun at the ghosts of her past self as she is at capturing powerful emotional truths.
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so many five stars this summer
so many incredible black women writers this summer
irby's brand of self-deprecating humor allows her to sneak up on you with a sucker-punch to the heart
while you were choking on laughter at a story about having diarrhea in the snow, she was plotting about how to make you cry with one line in the next essay
as a single woman in the second half of her thirties, i really resonate with irby's thoughts on living alone and loving it even though society says you shouldn't
outside pajamas...this woman is living my best life
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About the Author:
Samantha Irby is a writer whose work you can find on the internet. www.bitchesgottaeat.com
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