Quietly hostile

£9.99

Samantha Irby is working in Chicago when the pandemic hits. After fleeing the city and returning home to Michigan, she finds herself bleaching groceries and wondering if her upper lip hairs are visible on Zoom. She gets to work with the iconic ladies of Sex and the City – her dream! – but behind the new-found glam, Irby is just trying to keep her life together. Her teeth are poisoning her from inside her mouth, and her diarrhoea is back. She fields job offers from Hollywood and unhinged death threats from internet trolls with incurable brain worms. She gets turned away from a restaurant for wearing ugly clothes, she goes to therapy, gets healed with Reiki, explores the power of crystals, and becomes addicted to QVC. Our friend in print is back, on point, and ready to take us with her, from advice on bathroom attendants to wisdom on how to look cool in front of teens.

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SKU: 9780571374984 Category: Tags: , Publisher/imprint : Faber & Faber
Page count : 336
Published on 18th May, 2023

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wow, No Thank You

‘One of our culture’s greatest humorists is back’

Glamour

‘Brilliant, hilarious and perspicacious’
ELIZABETH DAY

‘SO funny.’
SARA PASCOE

‘Wildly, seditiously funny’
New York Times

‘Sam Irby is the king of sparkling misanthropy and tender, loving dread.’
JIA TOLENTINO

This is not an advice book. Samantha Irby doesn’t know anything.

After fleeing Chicago to quarantine at home in Michigan, Irby finds herself bleaching groceries and wondering if her upper lip hairs are visible on Zoom. Her career reaches new heights: she gets to work with the iconic ladies of Sex and the City – her dream! – but behind the new-found glam, Irby is just trying to keep her life together. Our friend in print is back, on point, and ready to take us with her, from adopting Abe (her scrawny, watery-eyed firstborn dog) to her favourite, extremely specific porn searches (including two old nuns).

What readers are saying:

‘Raunchy, punchy, relatable, fricken stellar. Highly! Recommend!’
‘There is no writer out there who makes me laugh like Irby’
‘What a ride it was! I loved every minute of it’
‘Another entertaining collection in Irby’s hilarious style’

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Weight 0.235 kg
Dimensions 20 × 13 × 1.2 cm
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