Tell Everyone On This Train I Love Them by Maeve Higgins

Tell Everyone On This Train I Love Them by Maeve Higgins

Deeply funny, moving, and urgent writing about a country that can feel broken into pieces and the light that shines through the cracks, from Irish comedian Maeve Higgins, author of Maeve in America.

As an eternally curious outsider, Maeve Higgins can see that the United States is still an experiment. Some parts work well and others really don't, but that doesn't stop her from loving the place and the people that make it. With piercing political commentary in a sweet and salty tone, these essays unearth answers to the questions we all have about this country we call home; the beauty of it all and the dark parts too.

Maeve attends the 2020 Border Security Expo to better understand the future of our borders, and finds herself at The Alamo surrounded by queso and homemade rifles. A chance encounter with a statue of a teenage horseback rider causes her to interrogate the purpose of monuments, this sends her hurtling through the past, connecting Ireland's revolutionary history with the struggles of Black Americans today. And after mistaking edibles for innocent candies, Maeve gets way too high at Paper Source.

Most of all, Maeve wants to leave this country and this planet better than she found it. That may well be impossible, but it certainly means showing love. Lots of it, even when it's difficult to do so. Threaded through these pieces is love for strangers, love for friends who show up right on time, love for trees, love for Tom Hardy, love for those with differing opinions, love for the glamorous older women of Brighton Beach with tattooed eyeliner and gold jewelry, love for everybody on this train.

Maeve Higgins is a New York Times contributing writer and the host of the popular podcast Maeve in America: Immigration in Real Life. She's a stand-up comedian who's performed all over the world, including in her hometown of Dublin, Edinburgh, Melbourne, and Erbil. She cohosts Neil deGrasse Tyson's StarTalk, both the podcast and the National Geographic television show, and has also appeared on Comedy Central's Inside Amy Schumer and WNYC's 2 Dope Queens.

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ISBN 13	9780143135869
ISBN 10	0143135864
Title	Tell Everyone On This Train I Love Them
Author	Maeve Higgins
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2022-02-01
Number of pages	224
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