Approval Junkie
Author: Salie, Faith
ISBN: 9780553419955
Publisher: CROWN
Year First Published: 2017
Pages: 288
Dimensions: 202mm x 133mm x 20mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Comedian and journalist Faith Salie's collection of humourous and poignant essays chronicling her lifelong quest for approval.
Faith Salie of NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! and CBS News Sunday Morning has done it all in the name of validation. Whether it's trying to impress her parents with a perfect GPA, embarking on a spiritual retreat in the hopes of saving her toxic marriage, or maintaining the BMI of "a flapper with a touch of dysentery," Salie is the ultimate approval seeker-an "approval junkie," if you will.
With thoughtful irreverence, Salie reflects on why it is she tries so hard to please others, and especially herself, by highlighting a phenomenon that many people-especially women-experience at home and in the workplace. Equal parts laugh-out-loud funny and poignant, Approval Junkie is one woman's journey to the realization that seeking approval from others is more than just getting them to like you-it's challenging yourself to achieve, and survive, more than you ever thought you could.
ISBN: 9780553419955
Publisher: CROWN
Year First Published: 2017
Pages: 288
Dimensions: 202mm x 133mm x 20mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Comedian and journalist Faith Salie's collection of humourous and poignant essays chronicling her lifelong quest for approval.
Faith Salie of NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! and CBS News Sunday Morning has done it all in the name of validation. Whether it's trying to impress her parents with a perfect GPA, embarking on a spiritual retreat in the hopes of saving her toxic marriage, or maintaining the BMI of "a flapper with a touch of dysentery," Salie is the ultimate approval seeker-an "approval junkie," if you will.
With thoughtful irreverence, Salie reflects on why it is she tries so hard to please others, and especially herself, by highlighting a phenomenon that many people-especially women-experience at home and in the workplace. Equal parts laugh-out-loud funny and poignant, Approval Junkie is one woman's journey to the realization that seeking approval from others is more than just getting them to like you-it's challenging yourself to achieve, and survive, more than you ever thought you could.
