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  • This Might Be Too Personal

  • And Other Intimate Stories
  • By: Alyssa Shelasky
  • Narrated by: Alyssa Shelasky
  • Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (29 ratings)

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This Might Be Too Personal

By: Alyssa Shelasky
Narrated by: Alyssa Shelasky
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Publisher's summary

A PureWow Best Beach Read of 2022

A frisky, feminine, funny, and profoundly genuine essay collection on relationships, sex, motherhood, and finding yourself, by the editor of New York magazine's "Sex Diaries."

Alyssa Shelasky has a lot to tell you.

In this hilarious and intimate essay collection, Alyssa navigates life as a wild-hearted woman and her thrilling career as a sex, relationship, and celebrity writer in New York City. From running away from the “perfect” future husband(s), to interviewing A-list stars while contemplating an abortion, to bypassing men entirely to have a baby with an anonymous sperm donor, to partnering up with a sexy enigma while extremely pregnant and eventually finding a soulmate whom she swears she’ll never marry, Alyssa’s essays paint a deeply genuine, romantic, and uproarious portrait of a woman who lives by her own paradigm of love and lust, and who refuses to settle or sacrifice her fierce inner-spirit, sometimes to her own regret and detriment. Through her stories, confessions, and columns, she shares all the beautiful, embarrassing, and emotional details of her bleeding heart and busy bedroom.

This Might Be Too Personal is like having (several) drinks with your best friend who has seen, heard, and done everything. Literally, everything. Told with a refreshing candor with jolts of humor, comforting relatability, and irresistible energy, Alyssa’s book is the ultimate meditation on living an authentic life with big feelings, hard decisions, and the small victories and painful mistakes of motherhood, womanhood, and profound independence.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Griffin

©2022 Alyssa Shelasky (P)2022 Macmillan Audio
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Critic reviews


“Shelasky relishes oversharing, which makes for many hilarious and heartfelt moments: you will feel like she is your new best friend. Perfect beach reading.” —Booklist

"Hilarious and inspiring." —Today.com

"Whether she's telling you about dating a Greek dentist, hanging out with Sarah Jessica Parker, or having a baby on her own, Alyssa Shelasky grabs your attention and won’t let go. This Might Be Too Personal is the work of a wise author who has seen it all but remains curious about life." —Vanessa Grigoriadis, contributing writer at New York Times Magazine and author of Blurred Lines

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I felt all the feels and laughed out loud

I love nothing more than a personal memoir and hearing all of the nitty-gritty and incredible events of a person’s life. Alyssa Shelasky delivered!

Her stories were heartfelt, heartbreaking, brave and hilarious. Is it too much to hope that we get to meet up one day for a cappuccino or a Pinot noir?

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