Vendor
	Mohrbooks Literary Agency Sebastian Ritscher
Original language
English
Categories
Self-help, personal development & practical advice

BUY YOURSELF THE F*CKING LILIES

Tara Schuster

And Other Tools to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There

Comedy Central executive Tara Schuster is on a mission to help you take care of yourself - really take care of yourself - even if you don't know how or think you can.

By her late twenties, Tara Schuster was a sought-after TV executive who had worked with Jon Stewart, and knew the ropes of comedy. She had it together. But what no one knew was that her road to adulthood was paved with depression, anxiety, and self-loathing. She had achieved the outward signs of successf, but beneath it all, Tara was inches from hitting rock bottom. That day arrived when her phone revealed drunken calls made to her therapist the night before. That was when she knew she needed to turn her life around.

Much of the popular advice is unrealistic. Tara didn't have time to drop everything, and neither do the burnt-out, overworked millennial readers this book is aimed at. It doesn't demand that you make drastic changes all at once it's a practical, self-aware guide to the small steps you can take today to get your life on track. Write thank-you notes to your childhood, fake gratitude until you really feel it. Go on five-minute runs and make a list of spiritual remedies for an emotionally abusive parent. Stop circling the flower aisle for the fifth time and just buy the seven-dollar lilies. They make you happy. You deserve them.

BUY THE F*CKING LILIES is like having a conversation with your funniest, kindest friend, who pushes you to reconsider how you see yourself and what you want from your life.

Tara Schuster is vice president at Comedy Central. She was the executive in charge of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning Key & Peele, President Obama's favorite sketch series. Schuster has managed numerous other shows.

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Book Published 2020-02-18 by The Dial Press
Book Published 2020-02-18 by The Dial Press

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This isn't just a memoir; it's too helpful for that. But it's not a self-help guide either; it doesn't promise to cure your ills and it won't make you roll your eyes. It's a bracingly honest, funny read that will make you feel you're not alone in the world. Tara Schuster's debut is like Wild meets You Are a Badass, and her reflections offer hope for Millennials that if your parents didn't quite ace their roles, it's not too late to re-parent yourself.

Should I ever be lucky enough to bump into Tara Schuster again on a hike up Temescal Canyon, I will bow to her and throw roses at her feet, for her lovely observation of our meeting. This is the book I wish I'd had to guide me through my twenties.

In this candid guide to self-care, writer and Comedy Central exec Tara Schuster outlines regimented but realistic ways to replace destructive behaviors with healthy ones.. Schuster is generous in sharing her experience with this journey toward mindfulness.Her anecdotes of friendship, work, family, relationships, and self-discovery are sweet and rife with imperfect behavior, which is exactly why readers will find her guidance so effective.

This is the book so many of us need right now: a fierce-but-tender guide to conquering our self-doubt so that we can breathe, be kind to ourselves, and enjoy the one life we're given. You're going to want Tara Schuster to become your new best friend.

Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies is so riveting and smart and funny that the first time I picked it up, I spent hours reading it and nodding along and crying big salty tears over how sad it feels to hate yourself, and how good it feels to start crawling toward joy in spite of everything. Schuster not only offers amazingly concrete, useful advice, but she shares vivid stories that somehow make you feel less alone in the world. I strongly, whole-heartedly recommend this book.

Filled with gems of wisdom, Schuster's chronicle of her ups and downs is a winner.

I have to wonder what my life would have been like if I'd had a friend (or imaginary friend) like Tara Schuster when I was in my twenties. Her candor and sincerity are unimpeachable. The lessons she's extrapolated from her unsentimental education are compelling, persuasive, and useful no matter where you are in your life. Good work, Tara!

Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies is a game-changer. Full of sage and hilarious real talk, this poignant primer is a fresh way to discover who you are and cultivate who you want to be. Buy this book and then buy the f*cking lilies - unless you have cats because the lilies will kill them. Prepare to laugh, cry, cringe, and thrive.