'Meaty' by Samantha Irby is a collection of essays that showcase the author's unique candor, humor, and honesty. The book covers a wide range of topics including the author's struggles with IBS, modern dating, financial issues, and personal hardships. Irby's writing style is described as funny, real, and down-to-earth, making readers both laugh out loud and feel deeply moved by her stories. The essays in 'Meaty' are a mix of hilarious anecdotes, personal reflections, and candid observations on life, presented in a refreshing and relatable manner.
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Content warnings include themes of vulgarity, chronic health issues, discussions of mental health, and explicit language.
From The Publisher:
Smart, edgy, hilarious, and unabashedly raunchy New York Times bestselling author Samantha Irby explodes onto the printed page in her uproarious first collection of essays.
Irby laughs her way through tragicomic mishaps, neuroses, and taboos as she struggles through adulthood: chin hairs, depression, bad sex, failed relationships, masturbation, taco feasts, inflammatory bowel disease and more. Updated with her favorite Instagramable, couch-friendly recipes, this much-beloved romp is treat for anyone in dire need of Irby's infamous, scathing wit and poignant candor.
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Five. Wholehearted. Stars. I have been an avid reader of Irby's blog, bitchesgottaeat, for years. I have laughed at an inappropriate volume at work while reading her posts. I don't know why it took me so long to pick up her book.
The scathing honesty and foulmouthed hilarity found on her blog is here, but she goes deeper as well. Irby talks about her childhood, a scary and dangerous time when she became responsible for her mother's health while still a child. These essays temper her funnier ones and also lend them an air of gravitas; this woman isn't speaking from a place of privilege.
I also love the way she plays with form. Some of these essays are very traditional, and others are more like lists. At times Irby seems to be meandering without a point, but she always has one, and sometimes surprises you with it. And when she's funny, she is so so funny.
What can you read after
Meaty?
About the Author:
Samantha Irby is a writer whose work you can find on the internet. www.bitchesgottaeat.com
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