Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. She goes on bad dates with new friends, spends weeks in Los Angeles taking meetings with "skinny, luminous peoples" while being a "cheese fry-eating slightly damp Midwest person," "with neck pain and no cartilage in knees," and hides Entenmann's cookies under her bed and unopened bills under her pillow. Wow, No Thank You : Essays Paperback Samantha Irby. She has left her job as a receptionist at a veterinary clinic, has published successful books and is courted by Hollywood, left Chicago, and moved into a house with a garden that requires repairs and know-how with her wife and two step-children in a small white, Republican town in Michigan where she now hosts book clubs. Irby is turning forty, and increasingly uncomfortable in her own skin. Releasing a new book might not be easy at the moment, but Irby’s new book of essays, Wow, No Thank You, comes out today, perfect timing for anyone who needs a good laugh (read: all of us). A new essay collection from Samantha Irby about aging, marriage, settling down with step-children in white, small-town America.
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