{"product_id":"9781476770291","title":"I Know What I'm Doing -- and Other Lies I Tell Myself: Dispatches from a Life Under Construction","description":"\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author and stand-up comedian Jen Kirkman delivers a hilarious, candid memoir about marriage, divorce, sex, turning forty, and still not quite having life figured out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJen Kirkman wants to be the voice in your head that says, \u003ci\u003eHey, you’re okay. Even if you sometimes think you aren’t! And \u003c\/i\u003eespecially\u003ci\u003e if other people try to tell you you’re not.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eI Know What I’m Doing—and Other Lies I Tell Myself, \u003c\/i\u003eJen offers up all the gory details of a life permanently in progress. She reassures you that it’s okay to \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e have life completely figured out, even when you reach middle age (and find your first gray pubic hair!). She talks about making unusual or unpopular life decisions (such as cultivating a “friend with benefits” or not going home for the holidays) because you don’t necessarily want for yourself what everyone else seems to think you should. It’s about renting when everyone says you should own, dating around when everyone thinks you should settle down, and traveling alone when everyone pities you for going to Paris without a man.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFrom marriage to divorce and sex to mental health, \u003ci\u003eI Know What I’m Doing—and Other Lies I Tell Myself\u003c\/i\u003e is about embracing the fact that life is a bit of a sh*t show and it’s definitely more than okay to stay true to yourself.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47164063449328,"sku":"9781476770291","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781476770291_p0.jpg?v=1763610401","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781476770291","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}