It's Okay to Laugh
eBook - ePub

It's Okay to Laugh

(Crying Is Cool Too)

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

It's Okay to Laugh

(Crying Is Cool Too)

About this book

"It is funny, and it is sad, and it is real, and if you've ever been through anything in your life . . . you are going to love this book." —Jennifer Weiner,  New York Times–bestselling author of W ho Do You Love
Twenty-seven-year-old Nora McInerny Purmort bounced from boyfriend to dopey "boyfriend" until she met Aaron—a charismatic art director and comic-book nerd who once made Nora laugh so hard she pulled a muscle. When Aaron was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer, they refused to let it limit their love. They got engaged on Aaron's hospital bed and had a baby boy while he was on chemo. In the period that followed, Nora and Aaron packed fifty years of marriage into the three they got, spending their time on what really matters: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, each other, and BeyoncĂ©. A few months later, Aaron died in Nora's arms. The witty obituary they wrote during Aaron's hospice care revealing his true identity as Spider-Man touched the nation.
With  It's Okay to Laugh, Nora puts a young, fresh twist on the subjects of mortality and resilience. What does it actually mean to live your "one wild and precious life" to the fullest? In this deeply felt and deeply funny memoir, Nora gives her readers permission to struggle, permission to laugh, permission to tell the truth and know that everything will be okay. It's Okay to Laugh is a love letter to life, in all its messy glory.
"May we all bring Nora's honesty, passion and hope to our lives." —Lena Dunham
"Nora is Anne Lamott for the emoji generation." — MSP Magazine
"The perfect blend of nostalgia-drenched humor, wit, and heartbreak." —Mandy Moore

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Table of contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter 1: Lay Off Me, Mary
  5. Chapter 2: Now
  6. Chapter 3: Stories
  7. Chapter 4: Brothers Gotta Hug
  8. Chapter 5: Take the Message to Garcia
  9. Chapter 6: Where Is My Syllabus?
  10. Chapter 7: iPhone Therapy
  11. Chapter 8: My Eighties-Sitcom Dad
  12. Chapter 9: Family (A Story About Juggalos and Not My Actual Family, Sorry Siblings)
  13. Chapter 10: A Boy Is Why I Moved to New York, and a Boy Is Why I Left
  14. Chapter 11: How I Met Your Father
  15. Chapter 12: Please Let Me Get What I Want
  16. Chapter 13: What to Do When the Person You Love Gets Brain Cancer (or Any Cancer)
  17. Chapter 14: And Also With You
  18. Chapter 15: Sorry You Dated Me
  19. Chapter 16: Slut
  20. Chapter 17: The Game
  21. Chapter 18: My Ex-Boyfriend’s Ex-Girlfriend
  22. Chapter 19: Who Should You Marry?
  23. Chapter 20: The Most Magical Place on Earth
  24. Chapter 21: Hot Young Widows Club
  25. Chapter 22: A Letter to the Recruiter Who Emailed My Husband a Month After His Death
  26. Chapter 23: Life Plans I’ve Made Since My Husband Died
  27. Chapter 24: Quiet, Susan
  28. Chapter 25: Madge
  29. Chapter 26: It’s a Secret, So Hush
  30. Chapter 27: Immaculate Conception
  31. Chapter 28: Helpful Advice for New Mothers
  32. Chapter 29: Everyone Thinks Their Kid Is the Best but Mine Actually Is
  33. Chapter 30: Hoarder
  34. Chapter 31: You’re Doing a Good Job
  35. Chapter 32: Relationship Porn (XXX, NSFW)
  36. Chapter 33: Cool Widow Kind of Wants to Kiss Someone
  37. Chapter 34: Frenching in a Van
  38. Chapter 35: How You Do It
  39. Chapter 36: Please Like Me
  40. Chapter 37: I Don’t Want to Make It Look Easy
  41. Chapter 38: No
  42. Chapter 39: Meanwhile, the World Goes On
  43. Chapter 40: Is He Going to Die Soon?
  44. Chapter 41: “The Boy Is Mine”
  45. Chapter 42: Welcome to Grey Gardens
  46. Chapter 43: Petty Crimes
  47. Chapter 44: Lean In
  48. Chapter 45: Just Quit
  49. Chapter 46: It’s Going to Be Okay (I Think)
  50. Acknowledgments
  51. About the Author
  52. Credits
  53. Copyright
  54. About the Publisher