You're Leaving When? by Annabelle Gurwitch

You're Leaving When? by Annabelle Gurwitch

Finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor

"In this surprisingly upbeat memoir, Annabelle Gurwitch writes about the financial curveballs that can hit you in midlife . . . Ultimately, this is a story about harnessing resilience and learning how life's disappointments can teach you about the things that matter most." --The New York Times

From the New York Times bestselling author of I See You Made an Effort comes a timely and hilarious chronicle of downward mobility, financial and emotional

With signature "sharp wit" (NPR), Annabelle Gurwitch gives irreverent and empathetic voice to a generation hurtling into their next chapter with no safety net and proves that our no-frills new normal doesn't mean a deficit of humor.

In these essays, Gurwitch embraces homesharing, welcoming a housing-insecure young couple and a bunny rabbit into her home. The mother of a college student in recovery who sheds the gender binary, she relearns to parent, one pronoun at a time. She wades into the dating pool in a Miss Havisham-inspired line of lingerie and flunks the magic of tidying up.

You're Leaving When? is for anybody who thought they had a semblance of security but wound up with a fragile economy and a blankie. Gurwitch offers stories of resilience, adaptability, low-rent redemption, and the kindness of strangers. Even in a muted Zoom.

Annabelle Gurwitch is an actress and the author of You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up, a self-inflicted marital memoir co-written with her husband, Jeff Kahn, and now a theatrical play in its third national tour; and Fired!, a self-inflicted marital memoir co-written with her husband, Jeff Kahn, and now a theatrical play in its third national tour. She's been fired! Gurwitch's acting credits include Dexter, Boston Legal, Seinfeld, Melvin Goes to Dinner, The Shaggy Dog, and Not Necessarily The News on HBO, as well as Dexter, Boston Legal, Seinfeld, Melvin Goes to Dinner, The Shaggy Dog, and Not Necessarily The News. She most recently starred in Donald Margulies' Pulitzer Prize-winning production of Grace Paley's A Coney Island Christmas at The Geffen Playhouse. New York Comedy Festival, 92nd Street Y, Upright Citizens Brigade, and story salons in both New York and Los Angeles are among his live engagements.

She has worked as a humorist for TheNation.com and as a regular contributor on NPR. Her work has featured in publications such as More, Marie Claire, Men's Health, the Los Angeles Times, and others. Gurwitch is a devout environmentalist and a reluctant atheist who lives in Los Angeles with her husband and son.

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ISBN 13	9781640094475
ISBN 10	1640094474
Title	You're Leaving When?
Author	Annabelle Gurwitch
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Counterpoint
Year published	2021-03-02
Number of pages	224
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