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Get some real life lessons from a psychologist’s perspective. Inspiring and uplifting, these 40 personal essays offer wisdom and guidance — with a healthy dose of humor!

“Knife-sharp… A genuine pleasure” (The New York Times): A stand-up comedian addresses her daughters as she chronicles her upbringing, recounts dating disasters, and shares unforgettable stories from the entertainment world. This New York Times bestseller and Time Best Book of 2019 has over 13,000 five-star Goodreads ratings.

This book is about teensy-weensy firecracker love. Love that, when ignited, produces a burst of fireworks and lights up someone’s…

Part history, part memoir, I Am a Stranger Here Myself taps dimensions of human yearning: the need to belong, the…

It’s one hilarious story after another in this collection of real-life comedy adventures. From major office fails and Cub Scout dropouts to state fair shenanigans and romance gone wrong, these 40 tales will have you laughing from first page to last.

Are you craving something sweet?Something satisfying? Something that will make you laugh and think and feel like you made a new…

New York Times best-selling writer Pat Conroy (1945-2016) inspired a worldwide legion of devoted fans numbering in the millions, but…

“Exhilarating, groundbreaking” (Kirkus Reviews), with over 16,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads: This New York Times bestseller features essays on politics, identity, and the internet from “undoubtedly the sharpest and most incisive cultural critic alive” (#1 New York Times bestselling author Samantha Irby).

I’m Norma Elliot. I know what you’re thinking. Who names their kid Norma nowadays? Believe me, I feel the same…

Very few people can say they were born inside a concentration camp during the Holocaust. Disease, starvation, and much worse,…