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Wow, No Thank You.

Essays (Lambda Literary Award)

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Wow, No Thank You.

By: Samantha Irby
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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. Biographies & Memoirs Entertainment & Celebrities Lambda Literary Award Memoir Essentials Celebrity Funny Witty Nonfiction Inspiring Feel-Good

Interview: Samantha Irby shares her knowledge on the perfect toast and discusses her new collection of essays with Audible Editor Rachel

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Samantha Irby is a genius
"From the second I saw the title Wow, No Thank You this phrase instantly became my new battle cry. Try saying it right now—doesn't it feel great?! It's handy in so many situations!! Samantha Irby is a genius. I like to picture her typing away in her attic in Kalamazoo, cackling out loud every once in awhile when she comes up with a particularly funny line. Her latest essay collection is a pure delight, but I especially love the glimpse we get behind the curtain as Sam tries to adjust to her new life as a successful writer: the ins and outs of getting a book deal, how she wound up collaborating with Broad City's Abbi Jacobson, and what it was like to write the fat-positive pool party scene of Lindy West's Hulu series, Shrill. She remains as charmingly baffled by her success as ever, and if there are any network executives reading this: can we get that Abbi Jacobson / Samantha Irby project stat, please??"—Rachel S., Audible Editor

Raw Honesty • Hilarious Essays • Genuine Narration • Relatable Stories • Authentic Perspective • Deep Insights

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Samatha Irby stays open and raw every time I read her work. I like the way she can bring humor to even the most embarrassing situation. So adult.

Like time with a best friend

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Seriously, laughing out loud while taking my daily walks got me some looks but it's impossible to hold back! Excellent book!

Don't listen in public!

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I experienced so many lingering laugh out loud moments. Relatable, vulnerable, cathartic. I’ve ready Meaty as well and I now consider myself a hardcore Irbanite.

My new favorite author

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I'm pretty sure Samantha Irby is me in an alternate universe. I relate to her on so many levels and issues. She's hilarious and down to earth and if you like laughing, listen to the book. it's best that it's read by her, so she can put the emphasis in all the right spots. 10/10 would recommend.

a must listen to

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