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  • Written by: Iliza Shlesinger
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  • Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (59 ratings)

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All Things Aside

Written by: Iliza Shlesinger
Narrated by: Iliza Shlesinger
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Publisher's Summary

From the razor-sharp mind of comedian Iliza Shlesinger comes a collection of hilarious and insightful essays about the exasperating issues of everyday life.

All Things Aside 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.

Throughout the book, Shlesinger dives from one subject into the next, making her hilarious asides the basis 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—Am I actually an annoying person? Shlesinger also shares intimate moments, including a devastating miscarriage, which she manages to navigate not only with grace but somehow with side-splitting humor.

As 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.”

All Things Aside offers unexpected insights, much-needed truths, and tons and tons of laughs.

©2022 Iliza Shlesinger (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

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Thoughtful, funny and well written!

As an elder millennial, she wolf, boss bitch on the cusp of legal forty*, (get me a glitter cup now) I could relate to so much of this audiobook. It is insightful and nostalgic. It is heart warming in ways that hit you unexpectedly with deft timing. It is empowering and hilarious.
It covers a huge array of topics that may or may not make you raise an eyebrow at the world or at yourself.
I thoroughly enjoyed it, but don't trust me, give it a listen!

*for more details on legal forty please consult this audiobook.

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Thanks Iliza!

Thanks for being funny, sharing your life, having some opinions, just being you and transparent with your different life experiences.

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Articulate & funny modern take on life

Iliza articulates what most of us feel and are afraid to say about everything from mummy shaming, trolls on the internet and being a person, to name a few.

Iliza’s personality and creativity shine!

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Great book!

I enjoyed this book very much. It is funny, thoughtful, thought-provoking and at times a little sad, but all in a very relatable way. Great job, Iliza, people should know how to pronounce your name :)

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