The incredibly funny, perceptive, and emotionally charged essays of actress, comedian, podcaster, and writer Casey Wilson.
Casey Wilson isn't scared to voice her thoughts and has a lot on her mind. She shares her thoughts on the pleasures and pitfalls of contemporary womanhood and motherhood in this brilliant collection of essays, expertly crafted and bursting with emotion. She also introduces the less-than-typical family that shaped her identity and makes the compelling case that lowbrow pop culture is the ideal prism through which to view human nature.
Casey is smart, honest, and full of heartbreaking and humorous surprises—whether she's talking about the benefits of eating in bed, analyzing her father's late-life perm, or examining her obsessive need to be loved. Her witty explorations of her passions and areas of expertise—self-help and science, nice guys, reality TV—are balanced with poignant reflections on parenting, sorrow, female friendship, and identity.
It's like hanging out with a close friend when you read The Wreckage of My Presence—someone who is incredibly enthusiastic, full-tilt, joyful, excessive, compulsive, shameless, eager for everything, loyal, and encouraging. a buddy that welcomes and embraces any strong emotions that may come her way.
A saber narrative; a cool girl; the wreckage of my presence; bed person; to all the boys I once loved;
Bring the clowns in -- Flyentology
Put your phones away and wait for a miracle.
Hiked out—The Barbeque—A clown's tears—Happy endings
My spouse simply isn't that into me, or Afrin: a tale of love --
Grandpa's attractive daughter
It is ineffective. What is
Mother's Day -- Mother's Day policy --
People are clueless about how to behave. Give me some sweets, or revisit the wreckage of my presence.