From Dr. Phil to the Fly Lady…“A level-headed, laugh-out-loud tour of the loopy world of self-help.”( Ann Crittenden, author of The Price of Motherhood and If You’ve Raised Kids, You Can Manage Anything)
Jennifer Niesslein has an okay life. But, dogged by a sense of dissatisfaction and a yearning for something she can’t quite name, she embarks on a two-year experiment, taking all manner of self-help advice— from housecleaning to marital to spiritual—in an effort to become a better, happier person. What Niesslein learns is that the road to self-help Nirvana is fraught with peril. She also discovers that there is such a thing as the good life—it’s just a question of how perfect you have to be to get it.
“Conversational and funny…but also, at times, serious and contemplative.” —Salon.com
“Amazingly in-depth yet entertaining with its fresh humor.” —Library Journal
“Revelatory…entertaining and thoughtprovoking.” —Feminist Review
“A delightfully witty and sometimes startlingly poignant memoir.” —Kristin Ohlson, author of Stalking the Divine and co-author of Kabul Beauty School
