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"Her accounts of everything...are not only hilarious but enlightening. Finding useful tips amidst the bunk, she distills the best from thousands of pages of self-help books. Readers will be inspired: If a woman in a banana suit can clean her closet and pay off her credit card debt, surely you can, too." --
-- People "Small moments of improvisation, coincidence and dumb luck make "Helping Me Help Myself" funny from the belly button instead of the mouth corners...Lisick has created a hilarious, knowing tale of a year of willing ridiculousness." --
--San Francisco Chronicle"A delightful, Plimptonesque exercise in immersive journalism...sharp, irreverent and endearingly screwed-up." --
Kirkus Reviews"A witty, disarmingly earnest account of the year [Lisick] spent test-driving renowned self-help franchises." --
Entertainment Weekly"Lisick has created a hilarious, knowing tale of a year of willing ridiculousness." --
San Francisco Chronicle"sweetly neurotic, funny and occasionally insightful." --
Los Angeles Times"wildly funny" and "a cross between David Sedaris and Susan Orlean." --
Seattle Timesnot only hilarious but enlightening... Readers will be inspired: If a woman in a banana suit can clean her closet and pay off her credit card debt, surely you can, too." --
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"Lisick has created a hilarious, knowing tale of a year of willing ridiculousness." (San Francisco Chronicle )
not only hilarious but enlightening... Readers will be inspired: If a woman in a banana suit can clean her closet and pay off her credit card debt, surely you can, too." (People )
"sweetly neurotic, funny and occasionally insightful." (Los Angeles Times )
"Beth Lisick's latest book is a wildly fun read that falls somewhere in between memoir and a Cliffs Notes guide to the self-help genre." (Bust Magazine )
"A delightful, Plimptonesque exercise in immersive journalism...sharp, irreverent and endearingly screwed-up." (Kirkus Reviews )
"A witty, disarmingly earnest account of the year [Lisick] spent test-driving renowned self-help franchises." (Entertainment Weekly )
"wildly funny" and "a cross between David Sedaris and Susan Orlean." (Seattle Times )
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