You Do You

IJWTBA #6

by Jen Mann, Kim Bongiorno, Galit Breen

This year has shown us that the future is decidedly female. While raising daughters has perhaps never been simple, it is growing more complex by the day. In a parenting age that often tells young girls that they are somehow “less than,” one award-winning publisher decided to assemble a collection of voices to celebrate the girls in our lives. These are those stories.

You Do You is the sixth book in the New York Times bestselling I Just Want to Pee Alone series, which has tackled a variety of topics since 2012 – including parenthood, relationships, and the cult of female perfection – all with a broad range of voices, from the cynical, to the ugly-cry, to the outright hilarious. YOU DO YOU is a love-fest for the females in our lives. This is a book for anyone in middle school to middle age.

Genres: Nonfiction, Humor, Essays

226 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 15, 2018

About the author

Jen Mann of People I Want to Punch in the Throat is the hilarious author of the New York Times best seller, People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Competitive Crafters, Drop Off Despots, and Other Suburban Scourges and Spending the Holidays with People I Want to Punch in the Throat. She also contributes to and publishes the New York Times best selling I Just Want to Pee Alone series of books. Her books are inspired by her immensely popular blog People I Want to Punch in the Throat. Jen lives in Kansas with the Hubs and her two children, Gomer and Adolpha - no, those aren't their real names, their real names are actually worse. Jen spends her free time crafting and volunteering with the PTO. Seriously.

You can purchase her books here: http://amzn.to/QSie2T

Reviews

[Mai Wen · Rating 5 out of 5]

So blown away by all amazing contributors of this anthology. Some as young as twelve! I felt uplifted and empowered after reading this and will reach for it on the bleak days where it's hard to hang onto hope for our country's future.

[Abby · Rating 5 out of 5]

I adored this addition to the series! It's all about being a strong woman and raising strong girls and women in 2018. This volume is not just essays, but also some poetry and there are contributions from girls ages 12 to adult. Some of these essays made me laugh out loud and some made me tear up. Every girl and woman should read this book to feel better about being female!

[Skye · Rating 5 out of 5]

The only thing I would change is that I wish there were a few LGBTQ perspectives in the mix.

[Pamela Tallman · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was amazeballs and every little girl, young girl, preteen girl, teenage girl, young, middle, and old girl should read this. Many amazing stories of how to survive and thrive as a female in this country! Some of these authors are teenagers! And they wrote such heartfelt and honest messages!