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Wow, No Thank You.

Essays (Lambda Literary Award)

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Wow, No Thank You.

By: Samantha Irby
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A new rip-roaring essay collection from the smart, edgy, hilarious, unabashedly raunchy, and bestselling Samantha Irby.

Irby is forty, and increasingly uncomfortable in her own skin despite what Inspirational Instagram Infographics have promised her. She has left her job as a receptionist at a veterinary clinic, has published successful books and has been friendzoned by Hollywood, left Chicago, and moved into a house with a garden that requires repairs and know-how with her wife in a Blue town in the middle of a Red state where she now hosts book clubs and makes mason jar salads. This is the bourgeois life of a Hallmark Channel dream. She goes on bad dates with new friends, spends weeks in Los Angeles taking meetings with "tv executives slash amateur astrologers" while being a "cheese fry-eating slightly damp Midwest person," "with neck pain and no cartilage in [her] knees," who still hides past due bills under her pillow.
The essays in this collection draw on the raw, hilarious particulars of Irby's new life. Wow, No Thank You is Irby at her most unflinching, riotous, and relatable.

Accolades & Awards

Memoir Essentials
Lambda Literary Award
2021
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Interview: Samantha Irby shares her knowledge on the perfect toast and discusses her new collection of essays with Audible Editor Rachel

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Samantha Irby is a genius
"From the second I saw the title Wow, No Thank You this phrase instantly became my new battle cry. Try saying it right now—doesn't it feel great?! It's handy in so many situations!! Samantha Irby is a genius. I like to picture her typing away in her attic in Kalamazoo, cackling out loud every once in awhile when she comes up with a particularly funny line. Her latest essay collection is a pure delight, but I especially love the glimpse we get behind the curtain as Sam tries to adjust to her new life as a successful writer: the ins and outs of getting a book deal, how she wound up collaborating with Broad City's Abbi Jacobson, and what it was like to write the fat-positive pool party scene of Lindy West's Hulu series, Shrill. She remains as charmingly baffled by her success as ever, and if there are any network executives reading this: can we get that Abbi Jacobson / Samantha Irby project stat, please??"—Rachel S., Audible Editor

Raw Honesty • Hilarious Essays • Genuine Narration • Relatable Stories • Authentic Perspective • Deep Insights

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not often do I laugh out loud like a crazy person when listening to audio books. That was the case here AND with all of her books on audible. Makes my commute fly by.

Samantha Irby makes me LOL IRL

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I absolutely loved this book. Samantha Irby’s writing style is perfectly reflected in her audiobook performance. It’s pleasant to listen to and kept me laughing. It’s thoughtfully worded, insightful, and made my brain happy. I’ve now listen to all of her audiobooks and they’re all the same caliber of excellence. Sometimes I worry when the author is also the performer, but never with Irby, as she’s just as talented at performing as she is writing. I’m grateful to the author for making my brain happy and relaxed, and I think other people who suffer from potentially embarrassing chronic illnesses (me, hi!) and healthy people alike will enjoy this!

Thoughtful, insightful, funny, lovely

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If you’re a women at least in your 40s, you’ll love this book. Samantha reveals the good, the bad, the ugly about ...... life. And it’s all hilarious and relatable. I highly recommend this book!

Perfect to listen to in the car - hilarious!!!!

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Samantha Irby, I just want to say I love you. Thank you for sharing your stories. And for being a human. And for making me feel less ashamed about the unflattering things that being a human entails for me.

I just... loved this book.

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I will read and watch and consume whatever it is Samantha Irby creates without hesitation forever!

Sam Irby the GOAT

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