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Little Weirds
‘Funny, positive, completely original and inspiring' George Saunders
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An essay collection from actor and stand-up comedian, Jenny Slate
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'Magical' – MINDY KALING
'Funny and poignant and beautiful' – JOHN MULANEY
'It made me remember I was alive' – GEORGE SAUNDERS
To see the world through Jenny Slate's eyes is to see it as though for the first time, shimmering with strangeness and possibility. As she will remind you, we live on an ancient ball that rotates around a bigger ball made up of lights and gases that are science gases, not farts (don't be immature). Heartbreak, confusion, and misogyny stalk this blue-green sphere, yes, but it is also a place of wild delight and unconstrained vitality, a place where we can start living as soon as we are born, and we can be born at any time.
In her dazzling, impossible-to-categorize debut, Little Weirds, Jenny channels the pain and beauty of life in writing so fresh, so new, and so burstingly alive, we catch her vision like a fever and bring it back out into the bright day with us, and everything has changed.
'Delicious' – AMY SEDARIS
'Slate invites us for a glorious swim inside her imagination as she explores romance, heartbreak and self-love in this poetry-memoir-fiction mash-up' – PEOPLE
'I couldn't help but feel that it was written by a friend for me' – VANITY FAIR
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Jenny Slate's Little Weirds has been praised for its honesty, humour, and originality, offering a refreshing and inspiring perspective. The book's essays are described as vivid and cinematic, brimming with unique observations and unexpected laughs. Readers have compared it to a delightful and diverse culinary experience, evoking a sense of warmth and friendship with Slate.
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ISBN: 9780349726427
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 26 November 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Fleet
Audience: General / adult
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Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 126.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 190g
Pages: 240
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About the Author
Jenny Slate is an actress, stand-up comedian, and the New York Times bestselling author of the children's book Marcel The Shell with Shoes On. She has been in many movies and TV shows and also plays many cartoon animals. Jenny is a graduate of Columbia University and has a young heart and an antique soul. She lives in a 100-year-old house in the bizarre and fun city Los Angeles, where nobody ever gets old at all.
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