Approval Junkie

Name: Approval Junkie
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My Heartfelt (and Occasionally Inappropriate) Quest to Please Just About Everyone, and Ultimately Myself

By Faith Salie

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Approval Junkie by Faith Salie is an insightful memoir that explores the author's lifelong quest for validation. Combining humour and vulnerability, Salie recounts personal anecdotes from her career and personal life, highlighting the amusing and poignant moments of seeking approval and acceptance in various contexts. Her stories are both relatable and thought-provoking, offering readers a candid reflection on the societal pressures to conform and the journey to self-acceptance.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate humorous and reflective essays that delve into the quest for validation. It offers a witty exploration of personal experiences and the desire to be liked, making it an engaging read for those interested in self-awareness and cultural commentary.

Approval Junkie

"Originally published in slightly different form in hardcover in the United States by Crown Archetype, an imprint of the Crown publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC in 2016."--Title page verso.

Comedian and journalist Faith Salie's collection of humourous and poignant essays chronicling her lifelong quest for approval.

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Now in paperback, and featuring a new essay, comedian and journalist Faith Salie's collection of humorous and poignant essays chronicles her lifelong quest for approval.

From comedian and journalist Faith Salie, of NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! and CBS News Sunday Morning, comes a collection of daring, funny essays chronicling the author's adventures during her lifelong quest for approval.

Faith Salie has done it all in the name of validation. Whether she's trying to impress her parents with a perfect GPA, undergoing an exorcism to save her toxic marriage, or baking a 3D excavator cake for her son's birthday, Salie is the ultimate approval seeker—an approval junkie, if you will.

In this collection of daring, honest essays, Salie shares stories from her lifelong quest for gold stars, recounting her strategy for winning a very Southern high school beauty pageant, her struggle to pick the perfect outfit to wear to her divorce, and her difficulty falling in love again—and then conceiving—in the years following her mother's death.

With thoughtful irreverence, Salie reflects on why she tries so hard to please others and herself, highlighting a phenomenon that many people—especially women—experience at home and in the workplace. Equal parts laugh-out-loud funny and poignant, Approval Junkie is one woman's journey to realising that seeking approval from others is more than just getting them to like you—it's challenging yourself to achieve, and survive, more than you ever thought you could.

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Approval Junkie by Faith Salie is praised for its humorous, candid essays that blend vulnerability with wit, covering diverse topics from personal struggles to societal norms. Reviewers highlight Salie's ability to craft compelling narratives with both emotional depth and humour, making readers reflect on their own pursuit of approval. The book is described as entertaining and insightful, offering readers both laughter and life lessons.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780553419955

Publisher: Random House USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 April 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Three Rivers Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 209g

Pages: 288

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About the Author

FAITH SALIE is an Emmy-winning contributor toCBS NewsSunday Morningand a panelist on NPR'sWait Wait...Don't Tell Me!Shealso hosts the PBS show,Science Goes To The Movies.As a commentator on politics and pop culture, she's been interviewed by the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Bill O'Reilly, and Anderson Cooper. As a television and public radio host, she herself has interviewed newsmakers from Lorne Michaels to President Carter to Robert Redford, who invited her to call him "Bob." Faith attended Oxford University on a Rhodes scholarship, and while her fellow scholars went on to become governors and mayors, she landed on aStar Trekcollectible trading card worth hundreds of cents. She lives in New York City with her husband, two children, and her husband's dog.