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Samantha Irby invites us to share in the gory particulars of her real life, all that festers behind the glitter and glam. The success of Irby's career has taken her to new heights. She fields calls with job offers from Hollywood and walks the red carpet with the iconic ladies of Sex and the City. Finally, she has made it. But, behind all that new-found glam, Irby is just trying to keep her life together as she always had. Her teeth are poisoning her from inside her mouth, and her diarrhea is back. She gets turned away from a restaurant for wearing ugly clothes, she goes to therapy and tries out Lexapro, gets healed with Reiki, explores the power of crystals, and becomes addicted to QVC. Making light of herself as she takes us on an outrageously funny tour of all the details that make up a true portrait of her life, Irby is once again the relatable, uproarious tonic we all need.
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I love Irby, really I do but this lacked the usual wit and quick humor that I’m used to. The bright spots of this book were hands down the What If I Died Like Elvis essay (what does that say about me that I was crying laughing about someone going into anaphylactic shock?!) and Dave Matthews’ Greatest Romantic Hits (because I’m forever a DMB fan and naturally an Irby fan). I still love Irby and will read whatever she writes.