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Ann Leary at the Cambridge Public Library
presenting
I've Tried Being Nice: Essays
in conversation with DENIS LEARY and BETH TEITELL
DateJun
5
Wednesday
June 5, 2024 6:00 PM ET (Doors at 5:30) |
LocationCambridge Public Library
449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138 |
Tickets
$0.00 (Free RSVP Required)
$30.80 (book included)
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Harvard Book Store and the Cambridge Public Library welcome ANN LEARY—New York Times bestselling author of The Good House and The Foundling—for a discussion of her new essay collection I've Tried Being Nice. She will be joined in conversation by DENIS LEARY—stand-up comedian, actor, and husband of Ann Leary—and BETH TEITELL—feature-writer for the Boston Globe and author of From Here to Maternity and Drinking Problems at the Fountain of Youth.
Ticketing
RSVP for free to this event or choose the "Book-Included" ticket to reserve a copy of I've Tried Being Nice and pick it up at the event. Ann Leary will sign copies of her new book after the presentation.
About I've Tried Being Nice
Having arrived at a certain age (her prime), Ann Leary casts a wry backward glance at a life spent trying—and often failing—to be nice. With wit and surprising candor, Leary recounts the bedlam of home bat invasions, an obsession with online personality tests, and the mortification of taking ballroom dance lessons with her actor husband. She describes hilarious red-carpet fiascos and other observations from the sidelines of fame, while also touching upon her more poignant struggles with alcoholism, her love for her family, her dogs, and so much more.
Prepare to laugh, cry, cringe and revel in the comically relatable chaos of Ann Leary’s life as revealed in this delighful collection of essays.
Praise for I've Tried Being Nice
“[A] winning essay collection…The humor lands and the lithe prose elevates Leary’s musings on life’s mundanities. This is a gem.” —Publisher's Weekly (starred)
“[Leary’s] candid essays invite readers to laugh and cry along with her… She fluidly guides us through her thought processes, while finding humor and displaying a refreshing vulnerability. A humorous and honest tale of a woman and her struggle as a people-pleaser.” —Kirkus
"Ann Leary is a damn delight. Reading this book was like curling up on the couch with an honest, hilarious, sane friend. Not too sane, though - just the perfect amount. Leary’s stories made me feel absolutely desperate to get out of my forties and into my fifties. I tried being nice, too, Ann. Thanks for being honest instead. Read this book!" —Glennon Doyle, author of #1 New York Times Bestseller Untamed, Founder of Together Rising
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