Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong An

Description: Sure, I'll Join Your Cult by Maria Bamford From "weird, scary, ingenious" (The New York Times) stand-up comedian Maria Bamford, an instant New York Times bestselling, brutally honest, and "laugh-out-loud funny" (Jennette McCurdy, #1 New York Times bestselling author) memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfort of rigid belief systems—from Dale Carnegies How to Win Friends and Influence People, to Richard Simmons, to 12-step programs.Maria Bamford is a comedians comedian (an outsider among outsiders) and has forever fought to find a place to belong. From struggling with an eating disorder as a child of the 1980s, to navigating a career in the arts (and medical debt and psychiatric institutionalization), she has tried just about every method possible to not only be a part of the world, but to want to be a part of it. In Bamfords "trademark blend of disarming intimacy and dark whimsy" (Publishers Weekly), Sure, Ill Join Your Cultbrings us on a quest to participate in something. With sincerity and transparency, she recounts every anonymous fellowship she has joined (including but not limited to: Debtors Anonymous, Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, and Overeaters Anonymous), every hypomanic episode (from worrying about selling out under capitalism to enforcing union rules on her Netflix TV show set to protect her health), and every easy 1-to-3-step recipe for fudge in between. Packed with "Bamfords brilliance, relentless humor, and insatiable instinct for survival (Library Journal), this memoir explores what it means to keep going, and to be a member of society (or any group shes invited to) despite not being very good at it. In turn, she hopes to transform isolating experiences into comedy that will make you feel less alone (without turning into a cult following). FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Maria Bamford is the star of The Maria Bamford Show, Ask My Mom, and Lady Dynamite. She was deemed Breakout Comedy Star at Just for Laughs, and her critically acclaimed work includes her stand-up specials Weakness Is the Brand, Old Baby, and Maria Bamford: The Special, Special, Special!, as well as two Comedy Central Presents specials. Marias writing has been featured in The New York Times, LA Weekly, and more. She is the author of the audio original You Are (A Comedy) Special. Maria has contributed comedic voice-overs for Big Mouth, BoJack Horseman, Adventure Time, Word Girl, Kung Fu Panda, Legend of Korra, and Teenage Euthanasia. For her mental health advocacy, shes been presented with The OCD Foundations Illumination Award and featured at the Psychotherapy Networker Symposium, The Chautauqua Institution, and the Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy and Ethics Symposium. Shes not always right for these rooms, but shes on time and pleasant. (From Maria: This was all in the third person. My apologies. If you need help, dial 911 or 988 or call Delta airlines Diamond line. Health care can be expensive and sometimes, super shitty. Go get yourself that shitty-ass help and tell me how it went!) Details ISBN1668034719 Author Maria Bamford Pages 288 Language English Year 2023 ISBN-10 1668034719 ISBN-13 9781668034712 Format Paperback UK Release Date 2023-09-05 Publisher Simon & Schuster Edition Description Export Subtitle A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere Country of Publication United States Alternative 9781982168575 Illustrations b&w photos-illus t-o Audience General AU Release Date 2023-10-17 Publication Date 2023-10-18 US Release Date 2023-10-18 Imprint Gallery Place of Publication New York, NY We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:168910733;

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