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About The Wreckage Of My Presence: Essays
Product Description "Magnificent." —People Magazine The instant New York Times bestseller: Laugh-out-loud, deeply insightful, and emotion-filled essays from multitalented actress, comedian, podcaster, and writer Casey Wilson. Casey Wilson has a lot on her mind and she isn’t afraid to share. In this dazzling collection, each essay skillfully constructed and brimming with emotion, she shares her thoughts on the joys and vagaries of modern-day womanhood and motherhood, introduces the not-quite-typical family that made her who she is, and persuasively argues that lowbrow pop culture is the perfect lens through which to examine human nature. Whether she’s extolling the virtues of eating in bed, processing the humiliation over her father’s late in life perm, mourning her mother's passing, or revealing her patented method for keeping the mystery alive in a marriage, Casey is witty, candid, and full of poignant and funny surprises. Humorous dives into her obsessions and areas of personal expertise—self-help, nice guys, cool girls (not her) and how to receive visitors in the bath—are matched by touching meditations on female friendship, anger, grief, motherhood, and identity. Reading The Wreckage of My Presence is like spending time with a close friend—a deeply passionate, full-tilt, joyous, excessive, compulsive, shameless, hungry-for-it-all, loyal, cheerleading friend. A friend who is ready for any big feelings that come her way—and isn’t afraid to embrace them. Amazon.com Review Full disclosure, I didn’t know who Casey Wilson was when I picked up The Wreckage of My Presence. If you’re in the same boat, do not let that dissuade you from devouring this collection of personal essays that reads very much like a memoir. The title is in reference to a meeting the Saturday Night Live alum, actress and podcaster attended, and once it was over all were instructed to “take with you the wreckage of your presence," i.e. coffee cups and similar detritus. But readers will be grateful Wilson leaves her emotional baggage behind via anecdotes that volley wildly between the profound and the absurd. There’s an undercurrent of grief that runs throughout. Wilson’s mother died unexpectedly when she was 25, and what ties this collection together are the ways in which our loved ones, and the Real Housewives franchise, get us through. In these trying times, it’s hilarious and heartfelt books like this that will help get you through, too. —Erin Kodicek, Amazon Book Review Editors' pick: Devour this hilarious and heartfelt collection of personal essays that reads very much like a memoir."—Erin Kodicek, Amazon Editor Review "It’s like a rambunctious yard sale of her life, and it’s magnificent." -- People "The Wreckage of My Presence will destroy you. Laughter through the tears. Love Casey Wilson!” -- Amy Sedaris "I had the thrilling experience of laughing out loud throughout reading THE WRECKAGE OF MY PRESENCE! Casey is as hilarious on the page as she is in person, and her stories are often more bizarre than anything I’ve seen on the Housewives, with tons of heart." -- Andy Cohen "Casey Wilson is laugh out loud funny, vulnerable, and honest. Reading this book made me feel like I’m hanging out with a best friend. What a pleasure and privilege to spend time with such an absolute treasure.” -- Phoebe Robinson, bestselling author of You Can’t Touch My Hair “Reading Casey Wilson’s memoir is a lot like hanging out with Casey herself: you never want the fun to end. Laugh-out-loud funny, joyously raw and real, this book is like the great boozy night out we all need.” -- Jessi Klein, New York Times bestselling author of You’ll Grow Out of It “A funny, irreverent memoir-in-essays. Reading The Wreckage of My Presence is like having a free-ranging chat with a friend that hits on all the important topics (grief, motherhood, The Real Housewives).” -- Real Simple “Wilson turns the trappings of fame into rich fodder for highlighting the absurdities of h
