New York Times bestselling author and stand-up comedian Jen Kirkman delivers a hilarious, candid memoir about marriage, divorce, sex, turning forty, and still not quite having life figured out.
Jen Kirkman wants to be the voice in your head that says, Hey, youâre okay. Even if you sometimes think you arenât! And especially if other people try to tell you youâre not.
In I Know What Iâm Doingâand Other Lies I Tell Myself, Jen offers up all the gory details of a life permanently in progress. She reassures you that itâs okay to not have life completely figured out, even when you reach middle age (and find your first gray pubic hair!). She talks about making unusual or unpopular life decisions (such as cultivating a âfriend with benefitsâ or not going home for the holidays) because you donât necessarily want for yourself what everyone else seems to think you should. Itâs about renting when everyone says you should own, dating around when everyone thinks you should settle down, and traveling alone when everyone pities you for going to Paris without a man.
From marriage to divorce and sex to mental health, I Know What Iâm Doingâand Other Lies I Tell Myself is about embracing the fact that life is a bit of a sh*t show and itâs definitely more than okay to stay true to yourself.