{"product_id":"9781419759406","title":"All Things Aside","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Vibrant and entertaining, relatable and poignant, and above all, it’s funny.” – \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Iliza is exceptionally funny. If this book doesn’t make you laugh, it means you can’t read. In which case, disregard.” —Jimmy Kimmel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the razor-sharp mind of comedian Iliza Shlesinger, a collection of hilarious and insightful essays about the exasperating issues of everyday life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A book for everyone wrestling with what it means to show up for ourselves and the world today. I love Iliza, and I love her advice.” —Rebecca Serle, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eOne Italian Summer \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Send me a copy of your book and I’ll read it.” —Sharon Stone\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAll Things Aside \u003c\/i\u003e. . . is Iliza: fresh, funny, and a reinvention of the form.” —Ted Sarandos, co-CEO, Netflix\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll Things Aside\u003c\/i\u003e is a punchy, honest, incisive book that shares a view of the world through the eyes of the inimitable Iliza Shlesinger. From the macro to micro, Shlesinger tackles it all with her no-bullshit comedic style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the book, Shlesinger dives from one subject into the next, making her hilarious asides the meat of her stories, much like she does in her stand-up comedy. Topics range from dissecting social expectations to the notion that products marketed specifically to women are scams, and all manner of things in between. She even dares to ask herself the all-important question that every woman is forced to consider at some point—\u003ci\u003eAm I actually an annoying person?\u003c\/i\u003e Shlesinger also shares intimate moments, including a devastating miscarriage, which she manages to navigate not only with grace but somehow with side-splitting humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Margaret Cho explains in the book’s foreword, “Every woman has something to gain from the Everywoman Iliza presents in her hilarious and astute worldview. . . . I’ve learned [from Iliza] that you don’t have to quit when you are in pain, that you can write your way out of the suffering. That there is beautiful truth to be unearthed from the depths of despair. That the stupid can be smart and that we put ourselves through hell for nothing.”\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll Things Aside \u003c\/i\u003eoffers unexpected insights, much-needed truths, and tons and tons of laughs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                     \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iliza Shlesinger","offers":[{"title":"Abrams Image |  Hardback | With dust jacket |  2022-10-11","offer_id":44151563616511,"sku":"9781419759406","price":34.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_6a91d183-476f-408f-8a45-6a42b19573cb.jpg?v=1700743112","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781419759406","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}