★ 04/09/2018
If Tina Fey and David Sedaris had a daughter, she would be Maeve Higgins. (And while I’m building the fantasy family of comedy, let’s put Nora Ephron somewhere on the family tree.) Higgins’s essays cover subjects ranging from what kind of shelter dog she would be to emigrating from Ireland, but a single thread weaves through each one: that elusive feeling of laughing around a big lump in your throat.”—Glamour (The Best Books to Read This Summer) —People (The Best New Books) Maeve in America lives up to the hype. It’s chock-a-block full of personal tales of both success and failure, all told with that elusive combination of self-deprecation and grandeur.”—Entertainment Weekly —Maris Kreizman, Vulture (New Paperbacks You Should Read This August) —New York Magazine (The Approval Matrix: Brilliant) —Esquire (The Best Books of 2018 (So Far)) Maeve in America, Maeve Higgins’s hilarious essay collection about leaving Ireland in her thirties, and finding herself in New York.”—Buzzfeed (The Best Books From 2018 For Every Kind Of Reader) —Good Housekeeping Maeve in America will provide the laughter to soothe your soul. . . . Maeve Higgins is funny. So funny you will laugh multiple times while reading each of these essays, replete with uncanny imagery and off-the-wall situations. So funny that, at 31, she was confident enough in her career as an Irish comic to make it in America. Higgins expertly threads important social commentary amid the hilarity. Maeve in America is a satisfying essay collection that is as stimulating as it is funny. It’s a great book to read and then to give to a friend.”—Refinery29 (Get Excited About These Amazing August Reads) —Bustle —BUST Maeve in America would surely pronounce [Higgins’s] abilities extraordinary enough to game any visa system, no matter how flawed.”—Fast Company —Publishers Weekly (starred review) —Kirkus Reviews —Booklist —Phoebe Robinson , New York Times bestselling author of You Can’t Touch My Hair —Amy Schumer —John Hodgman , bestselling author of Vacationland —Kristen Schaal —Neil deGrasse Tyson Maeve in America is just so smart and joyful. I especially like it when she’s unhappy. Because she’s very funny about it. Always be unhappy, Maeve!”—Jon Ronson , author of So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed —Kevin Barry , author of Beatlebone and City of Bohane —The Irish Times
2018-05-01
In this audiobook memoir, comedian Maeve Higgins presents stories about her family and friends, her world travels, and some mistakes in her life. She uses a soft Irish lilt to great effect when she tells family tales and gives a much stronger presentation when she discusses her values and her opinions about comedy. She is not above creating sound effects for her funniest story, which involves dolphins trying to kill her—complete with hilarious screams, gurgles, and spluttering as she is nearly drowned. Listeners will enjoy hearing a complex comedian who writes funny, thinks funny, and can add physical comedy when needed. E.E.S. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine
SEPTEMBER 2018 - AudioFile
In this audiobook memoir, comedian Maeve Higgins presents stories about her family and friends, her world travels, and some mistakes in her life. She uses a soft Irish lilt to great effect when she tells family tales and gives a much stronger presentation when she discusses her values and her opinions about comedy. She is not above creating sound effects for her funniest story, which involves dolphins trying to kill her—complete with hilarious screams, gurgles, and spluttering as she is nearly drowned. Listeners will enjoy hearing a complex comedian who writes funny, thinks funny, and can add physical comedy when needed. E.E.S. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine
SEPTEMBER 2018 - AudioFile
