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Wow, No Thank You.

Essays (Lambda Literary Award)

Audiobook
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Wait time: About 2 weeks
0 of 1 copy available
Wait time: About 2 weeks
A new rip-roaring essay collection from the smart, edgy, hilarious, unabashedly raunchy, and bestselling Samantha Irby.
Irby is forty, and increasingly uncomfortable in her own skin despite what Inspirational Instagram Infographics have promised her. She has left her job as a receptionist at a veterinary clinic, has published successful books and has been friendzoned by Hollywood, left Chicago, and moved into a house with a garden that requires repairs and know-how with her wife in a Blue town in the middle of a Red state where she now hosts book clubs and makes mason jar salads. This is the bourgeois life of a Hallmark Channel dream. She goes on bad dates with new friends, spends weeks in Los Angeles taking meetings with "tv executives slash amateur astrologers" while being a "cheese fry-eating slightly damp Midwest person," "with neck pain and no cartilage in [her] knees," who still hides past due bills under her pillow.
     The essays in this collection draw on the raw, hilarious particulars of Irby's new life. Wow, No Thank You is Irby at her most unflinching, riotous, and relatable.
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    • AudioFile Magazine
      Comedian Samantha Irby's droll humor, unflinching realness, and impeccable timing are on full display in her narration of her latest audiobook. In essays ranging from the mostly serious to the mundane, she blends outrageous humor with heartfelt emotion. Whether she's talking about the messy realities of living in a body; being a black, queer woman in small-town Michigan; stepparenting; or her general distaste for socializing, her frank, friendly voice will draw listeners in. Stretching out words for emphasis, frequently modulating her volume, extending pauses, and adding sarcastic asides are just a few of the ways she turns this audiobook into what feels like live storytelling. This book is meant to be read aloud; Irby infuses every word with her wit, delight, and no-nonsense attitude. L.S. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 4, 2020
      This overly manic collection from blogger Irby (We Are Never Meeting in Real Life) hints at the author’s talent, but ultimately disappoints. In recounting a period in her life that saw her attain success as an author, endure a frustrating flirtation with Hollywood, and move from Chicago to Kalamazoo, Mich., “where the most popular bar has a mechanical bull,” Irby primarily aims to amuse, but the humor is one-note, leaning too much on double exclamation points, triple question marks, and caps lock, and too little on original observations. She also overemphasizes showbiz references—at one point, she imagines her life as a wacky Hollywood comedy, and at another point, as several seasons of a TV show. Irby can be remarkably candid, as when she admits to having a “running inner monologue recounting every horrible thing I’ve said or done since I can remember first publicly humiliating myself,” one that “never shuts the fuck up or goes away even for a minute.” This emotional honesty is the book’s best feature, but is less appealing than it might have been, due to the hectic tone. Readers will be disappointed by this strained attempt at comedic memoir.

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