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What if this were enough? essays

"Heather Havrilesky attempts to disrupt our cultural delusions and false dichotomies, to unearth moralistic interpretations of mundane human behaviors and interrogate so-called mistakes that we've slowly internalized, and to question the glorification of suffering, dishonesty, romantic fan...

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Main Author: Havrilesky, Heather (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Doubleday, [2018]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Havrilesky, Heather.
Happiness.
Conduct of life.
Women > Biography.
Essays.
Summary: "Heather Havrilesky attempts to disrupt our cultural delusions and false dichotomies, to unearth moralistic interpretations of mundane human behaviors and interrogate so-called mistakes that we've slowly internalized, and to question the glorification of suffering, dishonesty, romantic fantasy, conquest, predation, and perfectionism"--
Physical Description: 220 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9780385542883
0385542887
Author Notes: Heather Havrilesky was a TV critic at Salon for seven years. She has written for New York magazine, The New York Times Book Review, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times Magazine, Bookforum, The New Yorker, and NPR's All Things Considered. Her books include the memoir Disaster Preparedness and How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly's Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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