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I miss you when I blink : essays / Mary Laura Philpott.

by Philpott, Mary Laura.

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Atria Books, 2019.

Philpott, Mary Laura.

Middle-aged women -- United States -- Biography.

Women authors, American -- Biography.

Television talk show hosts -- United States -- Biography.

Women -- Humor.

Adulthood -- Humor

9781982102807 (hc.)

xii, 276 p. ; 22 cm.

I miss you when I blink -- Everything to be happy about -- The perfect murder weapon -- Wonder Woman -- Lobsterman -- Mermaids and destiny -- Disappearing act -- P-O-I-S-O-N -- Good job -- This guy -- Welcome to the club -- The window -- Me real -- The ex-pat concept -- The pros and cons of joining the Ruby Committee -- Sports radio -- Rock you like a hurricane -- No safe place -- A letter to the extremely type-A person in distress -- Stuck in traffic -- Diane Von Furstenberg's apartment -- Nora Ephron and the lives of trees -- This is not my cat -- Ungrateful bitch -- Sloths on a waterbed -- And then the dog died -- Wish list -- The unaccountable weight of accountability -- Blind spot detection -- The joy of quitting -- I'm sorry, Mindy Kaling -- Try it again, more like you.

"Mary Laura Philpott thought she'd cracked the code: Always be right, and you'll always be happy. But once she'd completed her life's to-do list (job, spouse, house, babies--check!), she found that instead of feeling content and successful, she felt anxious. Lost. Stuck in a daily grind of overflowing calendars, grueling small talk, and sprawling traffic. She'd done everything "right," but she felt all wrong. What's the worse failure, she wondered: smiling and staying the course, or blowing it all up and running away? And are those the only options? In this memoir-in-essays full of spot-on observations about home, work, and creative life, Philpott takes on the conflicting pressures of modern adulthood with wit and heart. She offers up her own stories to show that identity crises don't happen just once or only at midlife; reassures us that small, recurring personal re-inventions are both normal and necessary; and advises that if you're going to faint, you should get low to the ground first. Most of all, Philpott shows that when you stop feeling satisfied with your life, you don't have to burn it all down and set off on a transcontinental hike (unless you want to, of course). You can call upon your many selves to figure out who you are, who you're not, and where you belong."--From publisher.

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