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MAEVE IN AMERICA

Maeve Higgins

Essays by a Girl From Somewhere Else

A timely essay collection about life, love, and becoming an American from breakout comedy star and podcaster, Maeve Higgins.

Maeve Higgins was a bestselling memoirist and comedian in her native Ireland when, at the grand old age of 31, she left the only home she'd ever known in search of something more. Like many women in their early thirties, she both was and was not the adult she wanted to be. At once smart, curious and humane, Maeve in America is the story of how Maeve found herself, literally and figuratively, in New York City.

Here are stories of not being able to afford a dress for the ball, of the curse of over-politeness, of the true significance of realizing what sort of shelter dog you would be. Self-aware and laugh-out-loud funny, this collection is also a fearless exploration of the awkward questions in life, such as: Is clapping too loudly at a gig a good enough reason to break up with somebody? Is it ever really possible to leave home? Together, these essays create a startlingly funny and revealing portrait of a woman who aims for the stars but hits the ceiling, and the inimitable city that has helped shape who she is, announcing her as a vital voice about women's lives today.

Maeve Higgins is the host of the hit podcast Maeve In America: Immigration IRL. She is a comedian who has performed all over the world, including in her native Ireland, Edinburgh, Melbourne and Erbil. Now based in New York, she co-hosts Neil deGrasse Tyson's Star Talk on National Geographic and has appeared on Comedy Central's Inside Amy Schumer and @midnight. The author of two essay collections for Hachette UK, her writing has also been published in The New York Times and The Irish Times.

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Book Published 2018-08-07 by Penguin Books
Book Published 2018-08-07 by Penguin Books

Comments

"[An] ingenious collection of essays that examine the personal and the political, offering an incredible outsider's view of America's current cultural climate and its place within the world... Higgins's insightful and wacky essays will not only make you laugh; you'll also nod in recognition and sigh in solidarity... It's her outsider's perspective that makes her commentary of current day America so unique and critical at a time when migrants and immigrants are fighting to have their voices heard.

Maeve in America will provide the laughter to soothe your soul... Maeve Higgins is funny. So funny you will laugh multiple times while reading each of these essays, replete with uncanny imagery and off-the-wall situations. So funny that, at 31, she was confident enough in her career as an Irish comic to make it in America. Higgins expertly threads important social commentary amid the hilarity. Maeve in America is a satisfying essay collection that is as stimulating as it is funny. It's a great book to read and then to give to a friend.

Wickedly funny... with incisive humor and deep humility... Higgins has the rare gift of being able to meaningfully engage with politics and social ills while remaining legitimately funny.

This is a really funny, really natural, really gifted writer.

Maeve Higgins is easily one of my favorite, most treasured comedic voices. She is one of those rare artists who makes her unique point of view relatable and refreshing, leaving you feeling like you've been on the same page with her your whole life.

Sharp and readable... A keen observer of culture, [Maeve Higgins] offers timely insights about race and immigration in America... Witty, humane, and topical, these essays offer an enlightened perspective on modern American culture while probing the energetic inner life of a bright young Irish comic. A warmly intelligent and insightful collection.

I love Maeve Higgins. She's hilarious and wise and this book had me laughing and laughing from the first page. Buy this if you're thinking of moving to London or New York or anywhere else or if you're not thinking of moving at all and just want to read brilliant writing.

Celebrate the person who stands out from the crowd with [this] memoir from [a] self-described outsider: Maeve in America, Maeve Higgins's hilarious essay collection about leaving Ireland in her thirties, and finding herself in New York.

Hilarious... Maeve in America lives up to the hype. It's chock-a-block full of personal tales of both success and failure, all told with that elusive combination of self-deprecation and grandeur.

Until space aliens land in America, Maeve Higgins from Ireland is the next best thing. She offers fresh and insightful perspectives from a faraway place on all we take for granted.

One of the most charming exports to the American comedy scene is Irish writer Maeve Higgins... Higgins's vibe [is] wary but hopeful, clever but earnest. [The] sensibility [that] runs through: deep empathy and genuine curiosity about the American experience of newcomers... with more Michael Fassbender jokes, and a bit more self-deprecating humor (stop, Maeve, you're perfect).

Maeve Higgins is hilarious. She is the true Irish voice of our American generation.

Sharp-eyed... deeply funny and astute.

If Tina Fey and David Sedaris had a daughter, she would be Maeve Higgins. (And while I'm building the fantasy family of comedy, let's put Nora Ephron somewhere on the family tree.) Higgins's essays cover subjects ranging from what kind of shelter dog she would be to emigrating from Ireland, but a single thread weaves through each one: that elusive feeling of laughing around a big lump in your throat.

Prepare to laugh as comedian Maeve Higgins shares tales of an Irish girl in New York... with humor and flair. Higgins is a smart essayist, providing thoughtful insights, and you can tell she cares deeply about her subjects... She deftly balances humor and gravitas... Maeve Higgins may not be a household name yet, but she certainly has some things to say.