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I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are

Essays and Other Stuff

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I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are

By: Rachel Bloom
Narrated by: Rachel Bloom
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In the vein of Mindy Kaling, Ali Wong and Amy Poehler, a collection of hilarious personal essays, and poems on the subjects of insecurity, fame, anxiety and much more from the charming and wickedly funny creator of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

Rachel Bloom has felt abnormal and out of place her whole life. In this exploration of what she thinks makes her 'different', she's come to realise that a lot of people also feel this way - even people who she otherwise thought were 'normal'.

In a collection of laugh-out-loud funny essays, all told in the unique voice (sometimes singing voice) that made her a star, Rachel writes about everything from her love of Disney, OCD and depression, weirdness and female friendships to the story of how she didn't poop in the toilet until she was four years old. It's a hilarious, smart and infinitely relatable collection (except for the pooping thing).

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

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"It's nice to know someone as talented as Rachel is also pretty weird. If you're like me and love Rachel Bloom, this hilarious, personal book will make you love her even more." (Mindy Kaling)

"Rachel is one of the funniest, bravest people of our generation and this book blew me away." (Amy Schumer)

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If you’re a fan of crazy ex girlfriend then you’ll like this book. Easy listening and funny throughout :)

Funny!

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I became a huge fan of Rachel Bloom after binging on Crazy ex-girlfriend over lockdown and then devouring her other works on YouTube. this didn't grab me in the same way. it was still great and I definitely enjoyed it. but it wasn't what I expected

Not what you think

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Loved it! though the beginning was the best, but it had its highlights through out the whole story, and I really enjoyed it.

Super funny!

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Fascinating, daring, funny as ever, heartfelt intelligent...
. Rachel Bloom just gets better, I'm running out of superlatives. Also check out her special on Netflix, it is the thing I would send into space to interest attractive and interesting Aliens in humanity, bravo 🙂

Blooming brilliant 😄

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It couldn’t have been read by anyone else! Rachel you are so hilarious and honest. Thank you for lighting up my days listening to this book!

So good!

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