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First Edition. |
| Description |
x, 318 pages : illustrations, charts, photographs ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Go to a nude beach -- Ride bike across Brooklyn Bridge -- Become a muse -- Take a writing class -- Adopt a dog -- Donate hair -- Have a dramatic airport reunion -- Live in a different country -- Learn how to dress my body -- Submit an essay to the New York Times -- Learn to drink -- Go to India -- Quit shitty job -- Become famous -- Meet Roe Conn -- Take a city bus tour -- Do a late-night set -- Tell a story at the Moth -- Fall in love (for real) -- Move back to New York -- Buy real furniture -- Sell a painting -- Watch all three Godfather movies -- Eat a meal alone -- Cook a five-course meal -- Find a job I love -- Fly first class -- Become a good host -- Visit Russia -- Write a book. |
| Summary |
"A hilarious, sharply relatable essay collection from twenties survivor Marina Shifrin exploring the fearless leaps (and earth-shaking stumbles) you take on the path toward your thirties. At the apex of disillusionment with her post-college life, Marina Shifrin cracked open a bottle (or two) of wine and decided it was time to make a change. She started with a simple list of thirty goals that would inject a little chaos and eccentricity into her stagnant existence. Her only objective? Get them all done before turning thirty. Because it's not as excusable to get naked in public, buy plane tickets instead of health insurance, or make out with coworkers when you're in your thirties. In essays ranging form smaller goals (Ride Bike Across Brooklyn Bridge ; Donate Hair) to the life-changing (Visit Russia; Become Famous), Marina takes readers on a bumpy but brutally funny journey through her twenties, where it's okay not to have everything, or anything, figured out. From moving to Taiwan, quitting her job on the internet (her resignation video hit nineteen million vies), and buying furniture to falling in love (the real kind), Marina's razor-sharp stories are best paired with a bottle (or two) of wine. Who knows, that might even inspire you to have a delightfully absurd adventure of your own." -- Back cover. |
| Subject(S) |
Young adults -- Humor.
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Adulthood -- Humor.
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Conduct of life -- Humor.
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Humor.
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| Added Title |
Thirty before thirty |
| ISBN |
9781250129710 (trade paperback) |
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1250129710 (trade paperback) |
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