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A frank, witty, and dazzlingly written memoir of one woman trying to keep it together while her body falls apart--from the “brilliant mind” (Michaela Coel, creator of “The most laugh-out-loud story of resilience you’ll ever read and an essential road map for the importance of narrative as a tool of healing.”--Lori Gottlieb, bestselling author of NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Twenty years after her iconic memoir Ladyparts Side-splittingly funny one minute, a freak horror show the next, quintessentially American throughout,
About the author
Deborah Copaken is the New York Times bestselling author of several books, including Shutterbabe, The Red Book, and Between Here and April. A contributing writer at The Atlantic, and she was also a TV writer on Emily in Paris, a performer (The Moth, etc.), and an Emmy Award-winning news producer and photojournalist. Her photographs have appeared in Time, Newsweek, and The New York Times. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Guardian, Financial Times, The Observer, The Wall Street Journal, The Nation, Slate, O: The Oprah Magazine, and Paris Match, among other publications. Her column, “When Cupid Is a Prying Journalist,” was adapted for the Modern Love streaming series. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.
