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We Are Never Meeting in Real Life

By: Samantha Irby
Narrated by: Samantha Irby
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'I cannot remember the last time I was so moved by a book. We Are Never Meeting in Real Life is as close to perfect as an essay collection can get.' - Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of Difficult Women and Bad Feminist

In this painfully funny collection, Samantha Irby captures powerful emotional truths while chronicling the rubbish bin she calls her life. From an ill-fated pilgrimage to Nashville to scatter her estranged father's ashes to awkward sexual encounters to the world's first completely honest job application, and more, sometimes you just have to laugh, even when your life is permanently pear-shaped.

©2019 Samantha Irby (P)2019 Faber & Faber Ltd. Essays Nonfiction Funny Comedy

Critic reviews

'I cannot remember the last time I was so moved by a book. We Are Never Meeting in Real Life is as close to perfect as an essay collection can get.' - Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of Difficult Women and Bad Feminist
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very relatable and witty. Short sharp chunks great for travel listening. I love Helen Keller

Highly entertaining

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Loved the book, but had to listen in x1.7 speed!! Thank goodness you can choose to do that, otherwise I think it would have been unbearable to listen to.

Great but slow

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hilarious, poignant, endearing... I have fallen in love with Samantha Irby and I suggest you do the same

loved it

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Coarse and vulgar. Funny and sharply observant. Highly readable. Irby gets to the heart of the anxieties, desires, and tensions that drive modern life. She takes it all on here: race, class, sexuality, feminism, even highly processed food. But she never tells you what to think - only what to laugh at.

Funny, coarse, bold, refreshing - a singular voice in American personal essays

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Her self-deprecating humor had me laughing out loud! Really enjoyed this book. Highly recommend it.

Excellent and funny!

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