e-branch
Login
My List - 0
Help
Home
My Account/Renew Loans
Community Info
KidSearch
New Catalogue!
Search
Advanced
By Format
By Number
My Searches
Can't Find it?
Find Magazine Articles & more
Problems?
Search:
Title Starts with...
Title Keyword(s)
Author/Performer/Name (Last,First)
Author/Performer/Name Keyword(s)
Subject Starts with...
Subject Keyword(s)
Series Starts with...
Series Keyword(s)
Anyword/Anywhere
List Name Keyword(s)
Refine Search
> You're searching:
Halifax Public Libraries
Item Information
Copy / Holding Information
More Content
More by this author
Fishbein, Rebecca.
Subjects
Fishbein, Rebecca -- Anecdotes.
Journalists -- United States -- Anecdotes.
American essays -- 21st century
American essays -- Women authors.
Browse Catalog
by author:
Fishbein, Rebecca.
by title:
Good things happen t...
by call number:
814.6 F532g
Search the Web
Fishbein, Rebecca.
Fishbein, Rebecca -- Anecdotes.
Journalists -- United States -- Anecdotes.
American essays -- 21st century
American essays -- Women authors.
MARC Display
Good things happen to people you hate : essays /
Rebecca
Fishbein
.
by
Fishbein
,
Rebecca
.
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2019.
Call #:
814.6 F532g
Subjects
Fishbein
,
Rebecca
-- Anecdotes.
Journalists -- United States -- Anecdotes.
American essays -- 21st century
American essays -- Women authors.
ISBN:
9780062889980 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
viii, 212 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents:
The key to success is never to have a dream -- Real men will disappoint you, date fictional men instead -- Sex is good for your complexion, but I'd rather have acne -- Don't cry over spilt milk, have a full-on breakdown -- Honesty is the best policy, but lying will give you the life you want -- Sometimes your irrational fears come true and fire destroys your home -- Beauty is in the eye of the beholder except when the teens think you're a hideous beast -- The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, but why not give it one more try? -- Friends stick with you through thick and thin, unless you have bedbugs -- Why be kind to yourself when you can torture your mind quietly? -- Everything in moderation, especially moderation -- Misery loves no company at all -- How to fail at failing -- Good things happen to people you hate -- Summer of death -- I went to South America to find myself and all I found was a forty-foot Jesus.
Summary:
Former Senior Editor for Gothamist
Rebecca
Fishbein
's adult life has been a dramatic reflection of New York media itself -- constantly evolving in unexpected ways and seemingly always on the edge of disaster. In short,
Rebecca
has seen it all -- from 3 bedbug infestations, to being fired, to being yelled at while working at American Apparel, to losing all her stuff in a freak fire, to being bullied online by angry Taylor Swift fans. But the real humor and meat of the collection come from
Rebecca
's unwavering honesty and unflinching examination of her struggles with alcohol, anxiety, depression, compulsive lying, female beauty standards, and a slew of failed coworker/roommate/friend semi-relationships are dark, insightful, and hilarious. As Jia Tolentino commented, the era of the personal essay ended with the election -- this is not your grandmother's millennial essay collection.
Rebecca
's writing is relatable without being preachy and conveys a message of resilience by example, not by moral. Readers will recognize the world they themselves see -- a disastrous president and a scary socioeconomic landscape -- in Becca's writing and find comfort in her humor and a snarky but incisive friend in her writing.
Holds:
0
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Item type
Status
Bedford Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
814.6 F532g
Adult books
Checked in
Add Copy to MyList
Central Library
Adult Nonfiction
814.6 F532g
Adult books
Checked in
Add Copy to MyList
Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.