num_pages: 256
description: Maeve Higgins was a bestselling memoirist and comedian in her native Ireland when at the grand old age of thirty-one she left the only home shed ever known in search of something more. Like many women in their early thirties she both was and was not the adult she wanted to be. At once smart curious and humane Maeve in America is the story of how Maeve found herself literally and figuratively in New York City.Here are stories of not being able to afford a dress for the ball of learning to live with yourself while youre still figuring out how to love yourself of the true significance of realizing what sort of shelter dog you would be. Self-aware and laugh-out-loud funny this collection is also a fearless exploration of the awkward questions in life such as: Is clapping too loudly at a gig a good enough reason to break up with somebody? Is it ever really possible to leave home?Together the essays in Maeve in America create a startlingly funny and revealing portrait of a woman who aims for the stars but hits the ceiling and the inimitable city that has helped shape who she is even as she finds the words to make sense of it all.
language: English
title: Maeve in America: Essays by a Girl from Somewhere Else
publisher: Penguin Books