Mcd X Fsg Originals
Nothing Good Can Come From This: Essays
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9780374286200
ISBN13:
9780374286200
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Kristi Coulter charts the raw, unvarnished, and quietly riveting terrain of new sobriety with wit and warmth. Nothing Good Can Come from This is a book about generative discomfort, surprising sources of beauty, and the odd, often hilarious, business of being human. ?eslie Jamison, author of The Empathy Exams and The Recovering Kristi Coulter inspired and incensed the internet when she wrote about what happened when she stopped drinking. Nothing Good Can Come from This is her debut--a frank, funny, and feminist essay collection by a keen-eyed observer no longer numbed into complacency. When Kristi stopped drinking, she started noticing things. Like when you give up a debilitating habit, it leaves a space, one that can? easily be filled by mocktails or ice cream or sex or crafting. And when you cancel Ros? Season for yourself, you?e left with just Summer, and that? when you notice that the women around you are tanked?hat alcohol is the oil in the motors that keeps them purring when they could be making other kinds of noise. In her sharp, incisive debut essay collection, Coulter reveals a portrait of a life in transition. By turns hilarious and heartrending, Nothing Good Can Come from This introduces a fierce new voice to fans of Sloane Crosley, David Sedaris, and Cheryl Strayed?erfect for anyone who has ever stood in the middle of a so-called perfect life and looked for an escape hatch.
| Author: Kristi Coulter |
| Publisher: Mcd X Fsg Originals |
| Publication Date: Aug 07, 2018 |
| Number of Pages: 224 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback/Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN-10: 0374286205 |
| ISBN-13: 9780374286200 |
Nothing Good Can Come From This: Essays
$19.00
$18.25
Sale 4%
Kristi Coulter charts the raw, unvarnished, and quietly riveting terrain of new sobriety with wit and warmth. Nothing Good Can Come from This is a book about generative discomfort, surprising sources of beauty, and the odd, often hilarious, business of being human. ?eslie Jamison, author of The Empathy Exams and The Recovering Kristi Coulter inspired and incensed the internet when she wrote about what happened when she stopped drinking. Nothing Good Can Come from This is her debut--a frank, funny, and feminist essay collection by a keen-eyed observer no longer numbed into complacency. When Kristi stopped drinking, she started noticing things. Like when you give up a debilitating habit, it leaves a space, one that can? easily be filled by mocktails or ice cream or sex or crafting. And when you cancel Ros? Season for yourself, you?e left with just Summer, and that? when you notice that the women around you are tanked?hat alcohol is the oil in the motors that keeps them purring when they could be making other kinds of noise. In her sharp, incisive debut essay collection, Coulter reveals a portrait of a life in transition. By turns hilarious and heartrending, Nothing Good Can Come from This introduces a fierce new voice to fans of Sloane Crosley, David Sedaris, and Cheryl Strayed?erfect for anyone who has ever stood in the middle of a so-called perfect life and looked for an escape hatch.
| Author: Kristi Coulter |
| Publisher: Mcd X Fsg Originals |
| Publication Date: Aug 07, 2018 |
| Number of Pages: 224 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback/Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN-10: 0374286205 |
| ISBN-13: 9780374286200 |
