You'Re Embarrassing Yourself: Stories Of Love, Lust, And Movies - Paperback
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9760399588503
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9780399588501

You'Re Embarrassing Yourself: Stories Of Love, Lust, And Movies

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Author
Akhavan, Desiree

Writer, actor, and director Desiree Akhavan shares the stories she was told to shut up aboutā€”hilarious, horny, heartbreaking tales of a life in pursuit of art, love, and a better haircut.

There was a time before shame. A time of POGS, Tamagotchis and the Macarena. When birthday party invites were a given, books came with charm necklaces, and whoever was in your class was automatically a friend. Then puberty hit and everything went weird.

When it comes to shame, Desiree Akhavan knows what sheā€™s talking aboutā€”whether itā€™s winning the title of The Ugliest Girl at her high school, acquiescing to the nose job she was lovingly forced into by her Iranian parents, or losing her virginity to a cokehead she met in a support group for cutters. In You're Embarrassing Yourself, Desiree goes to the rawest placesā€”the lifelong struggle to be at peace in oneā€™s body, the search for home as the child of immigrants, the anxious underbelly of artistic ambitionā€”in pursuit of wisdom, catharsis, and lolz.

Equal parts funny and heartfelt, these seventeen essays chart an artistā€™s journey from outcast to overnight indie darling, to (somewhat) self-aware adult woman. The result is a collection that captures the pathetic lows and euphoric highs of our youthā€”and how to survive them.

Story Locale:New York City, LA, London, Iran

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