How to be a person in the world : ask Polly's guide through the paradoxes of modern life

Havrilesky, Heather (Author).

Summary: The author of an advice column presents some of the letters she has received and the guidance she has offered.

Record details

ISBN: 9780385540407 (ebook)
ISBN: 0385540396 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9780385540391 (hardcover)
Physical Description: xii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
print
Edition: 1 Edition.
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, 2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"A collection of new and prieviously published letters from Ask Polly's advice column, originally featured on The Awl and now on New York Magazine's blog, The Cut."

Formatted Contents Note:

Author's note -- Flaws become you. Here comes the (anxious) bride ; My mind likes imagining boys ; The poisons of materialism ; Am I too weird? ; Crushed by an STD -- You are uniquely qualified to bring you the world. What would Kanye do? ; My boyfriend has never had a job ; Devil town ; Commitmentphobes of NYC -- Reckoning, anger, & obsession. The cheat sheet ; I'm tired of being so nice ; The weight of rage ; Cheaters become you ; That bitter aftertaste -- Weepiness is next to godliness. Drunk no more ; I'm dating my best friend's ex ; How do I get over this betrayal? ; Why don't the men I date ever love me? -- Identity & becoming an artist (whether you make art or not). Land of the lost artist ; Lame job, lame life ; Do I make music or have a family? ; This job is killing me -- The uncertainty principle. Making friends (out of nothing at all) ; I'm thirty-eight and everything is awful ; Don't shy away ; I don't know ; Career or baby? -- Beauty in the breakdown. I feel haunted by my affair ; The good wife ; Full disclosure ; Mourning glory ; The bean eaters.