{"product_id":"9780062322784","title":"When You Find Out the World Is Against You : And Other Funny Memories About Awful Moments","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWhen You Find Out the World Is Against You\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Kelly Oxford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ethe \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eEverything Is Perfect When You’re a Liar\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ereturns with a deeper and even funnier new collection of essays about the pleasures and perils of living in Kelly Oxford’s head.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eKelly Oxford likes to blow up the internet. Whether it is with the kind of Tweets that lead \u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e to name her one of the Funniest People on Twitter or with pictures of her hilariously adorable family (human and animal) or with something much more serious, like creating the hashtag #NotOkay, where millions of women came together to share their stories of sexual assault, Kelly has a unique, razor-sharp perspective on modern life. As a screen writer, professional sh*t disturber, wife and mother of three, Kelly is about everything but the status quo.\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Perfect for anyone who ever wished David Sedaris and Mindy Kaling would just finally write a book together already, \u003cem\u003eWhen You Find Out the World is Against You\u003c\/em\u003e is filled with the biting, wise, and laugh-out-loud insights that have won Kelly legions of fans. Whether she’s detailing her obsession as an eleven-year-old with going to camp so she can become a “kissing bandit,” exploring the bittersweet boredom that so often accompanies parenthood, calling out the insanity of a posse of internet poodle vigilantes, writing bracingly about the anxiety that has plagued her as long as she can remember or taking us to ride shotgun as she stalks her husband on an accidental date with another man, \u003cem\u003eWhen You Find Out the World Is Against You\u003c\/em\u003e is Kelly at her most honest and disarmingly funny best. Her comedic skill, down-to-earth voice, and bull’s-eye observations on the absurdity of modern life mean there is nothing quite like seeing the world through Kelly’s eyes.\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Kelly is part geek, part freak. \u003cem\u003eWhen You Find Out The World Is Against You\u003c\/em\u003e shows us ourselves: our sensitivities, our awkward moments, our strange desires. She takes us through summer camp, dating, rape culture, Trump, death . . . Kelly Oxford c’est moi.”\u003cbr\u003e“Two things I’m grateful for: how imperfect Kelly Oxford is at life and decision-making, and how terrific she is at writing about what a goddamn mess she is.”\u003cbr\u003e“Kelly Oxford’s writing is hilarious and fearless. She’s the badass Canadian sister I never had.”\u003cbr\u003e“I have worshipped the mind of Kelly Oxford for eons. Kelly Oxford’s concise, whip-smart observations feel eerily universal. \u003cem\u003eWhen You Find Out the World is Against You\u003c\/em\u003e shows that there is something to be learned from even the most absurd or devastating moments of life.”\u003cbr\u003e“Kelly Oxford is a beautiful writer. She finds beauty in the mundane and humor in everyday eccentricities. She is our present-day, funny Joan Didion.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780062322784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Dey Street Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41078458482894,"sku":"9780062322784","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780062322784","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}