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How to Be Alone

If You Want To, and Even If You Don't

Lane Moore

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English
Atria Books
01 January 2019
The former Sex & Relationships Editor for Cosmopolitan and host of the wildly popular comedy show Tinder Live with Lane Moore presents her poignant, funny, and deeply moving first book.

Lane Moore is a rare performer who is as impressive onstage—whether hosting her iconic show Tinder Live or being the enigmatic front woman of It Was Romance—as she is on the page, as both a former writer for The Onion and an award-winning sex and relationships editor for Cosmopolitan. But her story has had its obstacles, including being her own parent, living in her car as a teenager, and moving to New York City to pursue her dreams. Through it all, she looked to movies, TV, and music as the family and support systems she never had.

From spending the holidays alone to having better “stranger luck” than with those closest to her to feeling like the last hopeless romantic on earth, Lane reveals her powerful and entertaining journey in all its candor, anxiety, and ultimate acceptance—with humor always her bolstering force and greatest gift.

How to Be Alone is a must-read for anyone whose childhood still feels unresolved, who spends more time pretending to have friends online than feeling close to anyone in real life, who tries to have genuine, deep conversations in a roomful of people who would rather you not. Above all, it’s a book for anyone who desperately wants to feel less alone and a little more connected through reading her words.

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Imprint:   Atria Books
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 213mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 18mm
Weight:   170g
ISBN:   9781501178832
ISBN 10:   1501178830
Pages:   224
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Lane Moore is an award-winning comedian, writer, actor, and musician. The New York Times called her comedy show Tinder Live ingenious. Her comedy and her band, It Was Romance, have been praised everywhere from Pitchfork to Vogue, and her writing has appeared everywhere from The New Yorker to The Onion. She is the former sex and relationships editor at Cosmopolitan, where she received a GLAAD Award for her groundbreaking work expanding the magazine's queer coverage. She lives in Brooklyn with her dog-child, Lights. You can follow Lane at @HelloLaneMoore on Instagram and Twitter or visit LaneMoore.org.

Reviews for How to Be Alone: If You Want To, and Even If You Don't

Within this compassionately told memoir, Moore offers hard-won advice for those looking to get beyond a painful past. - Publishers Weekly How to Be Alone is the book I wish I had read in my early twenties. I truly believe it would have saved me a world of pain. The moment I met her I felt like I had known her my entire life. This book will make everyone smart enough to read it feel the same exact way. - Laura Benanti, Tony Award-winning actress How to Be Alone is like a song that pops up on the radio and lifts your spirits . . . so special, elegant, and true. It's spectacular and truly personal. This book is with me every day, and it helps so much. - Caroline Kepnes, author of You, Hidden Bodies, and Providence How to Be Alone feels like peeling back your best friend's skull and jumping into her brain. Lane is so open and funny and honest; I never want to be alone if it means I can't have her with me. What a gift. - Samantha Irby, New York Times bestselling author of Meaty and We Are Never Meeting in Real Life Lane Moore is one of the most talented people I know and I'm so glad even more people will be able to read her words. - Mara Wilson, author of Where Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame


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