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Maeve In America: Essays by a Girl from Somewhere Else

$28.00

Maeve In America: Essays by a Girl from Somewhere Else

SKU: 9780143130161 Category: Product ID: 61530

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Title: Maeve In America: Essays by a Girl from Somewhere Else
Author: HIGGINS MAEVE
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 15/08/2018
Imprint: PENGUIN
Price: $28.00
Publishing status: Active

Maeve Higgins was a bestselling memoirist and comedian in her native Ireland when, at the grand old age of thirty-one, she left the only home she’d ever known in search of something more. Like many women in their early thirties, she both was and was not the adult she wanted to be. At once smart, curious, and humane, Maeve in America is the story of how Maeve found herself, literally and figuratively, in New York City.

Here are stories of not being able to afford a dress for the ball, of learning to live with yourself while you’re still figuring out how to love yourself, of the true significance of realizing what sort of shelter dog you would be. Self-aware and laugh-out-loud funny, this collection is also a fearless exploration of the awkward questions in life, such as- Is clapping too loudly at a gig a good enough reason to break up with somebody? Is it ever really possible to leave home?

Together, the essays in Maeve in America create a startlingly funny and revealing portrait of a woman who aims for the stars but hits the ceiling, and the inimitable city that has helped shape who she is, even as she finds the language to make sense of it all.

ISBN: 9780143130161
Pages: 256