Overview

In this hilariously revealing debut memoir, comedian Sarah Cooper charts her rise from lip-synching in church to lip-synching the president, and all the dad issues she collected along the way. As the youngest of four in a tight-knit Jamaican family, Cooper cut her teeth in the mean cornfields of suburban Maryland. Soon she became a charmingly neurotic woman trying to break her worst patterns and reclaim her linen closet. From an early obsession with hair bands to her struggle to escape the immigrant-to-basic-bitch pipeline to her use of the Internet as a marriage counselor (after being fired by two real ones) and the curse of her TED Talk vibe, Cooper invites us to share in her triumphs and humiliations as she tries (and fails) to balance her own dreams with the American dream. With determination and wit, Cooper mines a lifetime of oppressive perfectionism for your laughter and enjoyment, as she moves from tech to comedy, marriage to divorce, smart to foolish, while proving once and for all that being foolish is actually the smartest thing you can do.

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"“Delightful, complicated."" —Jerry Seinfeld “Sarah is the funniest, smartest person I know and this book is another triumph.” —Amy Schumer ""An emotional buffet of hilarity, you’ll just keep going back for more.” —Michelle Buteau ""Sarah’s many talents continue to infuriate me."" —Jim Gaffigan"

"""With comic finesse and a self-awareness that is neither aggrandizing nor deprecating, Cooper chronicles her experiences from high school drama classes, to office conference rooms, to TikTok glory and the doors it opened... A delightful collection of essays that are both funny and revealing."" —Kirkus “[A] witty memoir-in-essays from comedian Cooper…she catalogs her difficulties juggling a passion for comedy with a career in tech, her unsuccessful stabs at romance…and eventually, her quest to convert her viral social media videos into a bona fide entertainment career. Throughout, Cooper is unfailingly funny and consistently relatable. This is sure to please Cooper’s fans and likely to net her new ones.” —Publishers Weekly “Delightful, complicated."" —Jerry Seinfeld “Sarah is the funniest, smartest person I know and this book is another triumph.” —Amy Schumer ""An emotional buffet of hilarity, you’ll just keep going back for more.” —Michelle Buteau ""Sarah’s many talents continue to infuriate me."" —Jim Gaffigan"

"“Delightful, complicated."" –Jerry Seinfeld “Sarah is the funniest, smartest person I know and this book is another triumph.” –Amy Schumer ""Sarah’s many talents continue to infuriate me."" –Jim Gaffigan"

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SARAH COOPER is a writer and comedian with millions of followers across social media. She's the author of How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings and 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings, as well as the star of the hit Netflix comedy special, Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine. Cooper built her comedy career in between working for companies like Yahoo! and Google, where she was fed free lunches and lots of material. She has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Tonight Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and been featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, Vanity Fair and countless others. Follow her for tour dates and all the cute photos that didn't make it into the book.

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