The release date for the English version of 'We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.' by
Samantha Irby is May 2017. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Even when life is a skip fire, there are moments when you simply have to chuckle. Serio-comic essay transformed into art form by "bitches gotta eat" blogger and comedian Samantha Irby with We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. She's as skilled at making fun of the ghosts of her past self as she is at capturing potent emotional truths. Whether discussing how her difficult childhood has made it difficult for her to make "adult" budgets, why she should be the next Bachelorette (she's "35-ish, but could easily pass for 60-something"), recounting a disastrous pilgrimage turned romantic vacation to Nashville to scatter her estranged father's ashes, sharing awkward sexual encounters, or offering advice on how to navigate friendships with former drinking buddies who are now suburban moms—hang in there for the Costco loot—she adept at making fun of the ghosts of her past self.
Titles of chapters:
My Bachelorette application: Fred's blues
The porker of miracles
What do you people do with your filthy bills? **
It's not necessary to be thankful for sex.
A carol from Christmas -- Happy birthday --
Argument in favour of staying indoors
a complete heart attack --
A civil partnership -- Mavis
Bitch it, dude. Remain obese
Hot chicken from Nashville --
It's dull being in love—probably a bomb—
The Kalamazoo genuine housewife --
Thirteen inquiries to make before to marriage
I need a job, yo. **
Emotions are a mistake.
We will never really meet.