Strong, sassy, always surprising—and titled after a Saturday Night Live "Weekend Update" monologue by Tina Fey—Bitch Is the New Black is a deliciously addictive memoir-in-essays in which Helena Andrews goes from being the daughter of the town lesbian to a hot-shot political reporter... all while trying to answer the question, "can a strong, single, and successful black woman ever find love?" Fans of Sloane Crosley (I Was Told There'd Be Cake) will love the bold and brassy Bitch Is the New Black.
What happens when your love life becomes a contact sport and your best friends are the only coaches you have?
- Quarter-Life Crisis: From turning twenty-eight and Googling "marriage babies black" to wondering if you're officially too old for the club, these essays capture the hilarious panic of not-quite-adulthood.
- Modern Dating Disasters: Featuring a cast of characters from the Nigerian E-mail Scam of ex-sorta-boyfriends to a guy who calls their disconnect "cognitive dissonance," Helena's love life is a brilliant train wreck.
- Unfiltered Pop Culture Commentary: Why a diaper-wearing astronaut became a bizarre muse for a generation of women in a "more than a working relationship but less than a romantic relationship."
- Family, Friendship, and Identity: From growing up with a lesbian mom who thought she was selling her on the black market to navigating the world as a successful Black woman, no topic is off-limits.
Industry Reviews
"The scathingly witty author examines a wide variety of topics that, beneath the jokes and sarcasm, address weighty issues (depression, aging, abortion) with wry astuteness...An irreverent, savvy and sharp memoir."
