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Finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor

One of the funniest writers in America.

That's what The New Yorker's Andy Borowitz calls Jenny Allenand with good reason. In her debut essay collection, the longtime humorist and performer declares no subject too sacred, no boundary impassable.

With her eagle eye for the absurd and hilarious, Allen reports from the potholes midway through life's journey. One moment she's flirting shamelesslyand unsuccessfullywith a younger man at a wedding; the next she's stumbling upon X-rated images on her daughter's computer. She ponders the connection between her ex-husband's questions about the location of their silverware, and the divorce that came a year later. While undergoing chemotherapy, she experiments with being a wig person. And she considers those perplexing questions that we never pause to ask: Why do people say It is what it is? What's the point of fat-free half-and-half ? And haven't we heard enou

Would Everybody Please Stop Reflections on Life

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      Publisher Sarah Crichton Books
      Published 5 June 2018
      ISBN-13 9780374537777
      978-0374537777
      ISBN-10 0374537771

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor

      One of the funniest writers in America.

      That's what The New Yorker's Andy Borowitz calls Jenny Allenand with good reason. In her debut essay collection, the longtime humorist and performer declares no subject too sacred, no boundary impassable.

      With her eagle eye for the absurd and hilarious, Allen reports from the potholes midway through life's journey. One moment she's flirting shamelesslyand unsuccessfullywith a younger man at a wedding; the next she's stumbling upon X-rated images on her daughter's computer. She ponders the connection between her ex-husband's questions about the location of their silverware, and the divorce that came a year later. While undergoing chemotherapy, she experiments with being a wig person. And she considers those perplexing questions that we never pause to ask: Why do people say It is what it is? What's the point of fat-free half-and-half ? And haven't we heard enou

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