“Tara Schuster’s debut is like Wild meets You Are a Badass…”
Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take, Originals, and Option B
A candid, hysterically funny, addictively readable, practical guide to growing up (no matter where you are in your life.)
By the time she was in her late twenties, Tara Schuster was a rising TV executive who had worked for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and helped launch Key & Peele to viral superstardom. By all appearances, she had mastered being a grown-up. But beneath that veneer of success, she was a chronically anxious, self-medicating mess. No one knew that her road to adulthood had been paved with depression, anxiety, and shame, owing in large part to her minimally parented upbringing. She realized she’d hit rock bottom when she drunk -dialed her therapist pleading for help.
Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies is the story of Tara’s path to re -parenting herself and becoming a “ninja of self-love.” Through simple, daily rituals, Tara transformed her mind, body, and relationships, and in this book, she shows how to
fake gratitude until you actually feel gratitude
excavate your emotional wounds and heal them with kindness
identify your self-limiting beliefs, kick them to the curb, and start living a life you choose
silence your inner frenemy and shield yourself from self-criticism
carve out time each morning to start your day empowered, inspired, and ready to rule
create a life you truly, totally f*cking LOVE
This is the book Tara wished someone had given her, and it is the book many of us desperately need: a candid, hysterically funny, addictively readable, practical guide to growing up (no matter where you are in life) and learning to love yourself in a non-throw-up-in-your-mouth-it’s-so-cheesy way.
SELECTED PRAISE FOR BUY YOURSELF THE F*CKING LILIES
“I have to wonder what my life would have been like if I’d had a friend (or imaginary friend) like Tara Schuster when I was in my twenties. Her candor and sincerity are unimpeachable. The lessons she’s extrapolated from her unsentimental education are compelling, persuasive, and useful no matter where you are in your life. Good work, Tara!”
— CHELSEA HANDLER, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Life Will Be the Death of Me
“This isn’t just a memoir; it’s too helpful for that. But it’s not a self-help guide either; it doesn’t promise to cure your ills and it won’t make you roll your eyes. It’s a bracingly honest, funny read that will make you feel you’re not alone in the world. Tara Schuster’s debut is like Wild meets You Are a Badass, and her reflections offer hope for Millennials that if your parents didn’t quite ace their roles, it’s not too late to re-parent yourself.”
— ADAM GRANT, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take, Originals, and Option B
“This is the book so many of us need right now: a fierce-but-tender guide to conquering our self-doubt so that we can breathe, be kind to ourselves, and enjoy the one life we’re given. You’re going to want Tara Schuster to become your new best friend.”
— GLENNON DOYLE, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love Warrior
“Should I ever be lucky enough to bump into Tara Schuster again on a hike up Temescal Canyon, I will bow to her and throw roses at her feet, for her lovely observation of our meeting. This is the book I wish I’d had to guide me through my twenties.”
— ANJELICA HUSTON, Academy Award-winning actress and author of A Story Lately Told and Watch Me
“Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies is so riveting and smart and funny that the first time I picked it up, I spent hours reading it and nodding along and crying big salty tears over how sad it feels to hate yourself, and how good it feels to start crawling toward joy in spite of everything. Schuster not only offers amazingly concrete, useful advice, but she shares vivid stories that somehow make you feel less alone in the world. I strongly, wholeheartedly recommend this book.”
—HEATHER HAVRILESKY, author of New York magazine’s “Ask Polly” advice column
"There wasn't a chapter here that didn't leave me inspired, laughing out loud, or taking notes for my own self-care (sometimes all three). So this week, go ahead and buy yourself flowers, but be sure to read or listen to Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies too."
— MELISSA URBAN, #1 New York Times bestselling author, Founder and CEO of Whole30
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