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Harper
June 2010
On Sale: June 1, 2010
256 pages
ISBN: 0061778826
EAN: 9780061778827
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Meet Helena Andrews, sassy, single, smart, and, yes, a
bitch—but Tina Fey said it best, bitch is the new black! When Helena Andrews heard this declaration on Saturday Night
Live, her first reaction was How daaare you? But after a
commercial break and some thought, she decided to poke at
the stereotype that says "successful" and "bitch" are
synonyms. Unafraid and frank, she comes to realize that
being a bitch is sometimes the best way to be—except, of
course, when it's not. Bitch Is the New Black follows Andrews—sexy, single, and a
self-described smart-ass—on her trip from kidnapped daughter
of a lesbian to Washington, D.C., political reporter who
can't remember a single senator's name. Told in Andrews's
singular voice, this addictive memoir explores the roller
coaster of being educated and single while trying to become
an "actual adult" and find love. In these candid yet heartfelt essays, she chronicles that
ride from beginning to end: a childhood spent on an
all-white island, escaping via episodes of The Cosby Show;
being set up with Obama's "body guy" Reggie Love by Maureen
Dowd; and the shocking suicide of a best friend. Through it
all, Andrews and her gang of girlfriends urge each other to
"keep it moving." But no one can stay strong all the
time—not even the women we believe do so without trying. As Andrews says, "Despite the fact that the most
recognizable woman in the United States is black, popular
culture still hasn't moved past the only adjective
apparently meant to describe us— "strong." She is also
flawed, tired, naive, greedy, gutsy, frightened, and kind:
secret sides that come out in honest detail here.
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