The Grrl Genius Guide to Sex (with Other People)
A Self-Help Novel
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Who better to advise you on sex and relationships than a woman who has consistently failed at both? In this laugh out loud funny "self-help novel", self proclaimed genius and author Cathryn Michon provides a how not to guide for anyone tackling the daunting task of finding romance in today's world (or at the local fire station.)
Chock full of instructive relationship tips-such as the Pros and "Cons" of dating a man in prison-The Grrl Genius Guide to Sex (With Other People) is hilarious and right on the money both as an instructional guide and an endearingly romantic story about a woman and her four best friends who form The Grrl Genius Club. Armed with the information from Cathryn's Wild Sexual Animal Kingdom research and her "Love is Important but Chocolate is Essential" Chocolate Fun Facts, her posse of Grrl Geniuses struggle with singlehood, married life, sexual preferences, widowhood, and friendship. Cathryn's journey veers from a "nails-on-chalkboard-scratchingly-awful" divorce and the botched kidnapping of her own dog, to pretending to be a lesbian, seeing her old lingerie sold on her old front lawn by her ex-husband's girlfriend, losing her job, and a tragic industrial accident-level bikini wax. And through everything, Cathryn searches for the answer to the most important relationship question of all: why are all the best men gay?
If you've ever been tempted to have sex with another person, this is an essential read. If you've ever felt inadequate to a task or a failure at love or in any way anything less than a genius and you've sunk so low that even a new pair of cute shoes won't help, Cathryn Michon can show you the way to relationship happiness-all you have to do is learn from her very funny mistakes. However badly you think you've done anything, Cathryn has done it even worse, and reveals lessons learned in the wryly witty and devastatingly honest style that has made her the favorite of aspiring geniuses everywhere!
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In this rollicking romantic comedy cum self-help guide, Michon offers the disastrous escapades of her fictional alter ego, also named Cathryn Michon, as relationship lessons to learn from. "Think of this as... a 'how not to' book," she writes in the exclamation point riddled introduction to this self-deprecating "self-help novel" that, despite its title, actually chronicles a quest for true love, not sex. Like the real Michon, the novel's protagonist is a successful stand-up comedian/writer. After self-proclaimed Grrl Genius Cathryn suffers through an awful divorce from an alimony-hungry "househusband," she learns to stick up for herself, seeks solace in chocolate and tries not to obsess about her cellulite. Over pinot grigio and chocolate cupcakes, she and her Grrl Genius friends all wealthy powerhouse Hollywood women commiserate over their divorces, love lives or lack thereof and fluctuating self-esteem. The average hardworking middle-class woman may not take kindly to this level of self-indulgence. But still, Cathryn's goofy, over-the-top spirit is infectious, and by the time she ends up with the kindly dreamboat William McCall after much uncertainty over his sexual orientation readers will heave a sigh of relief for her good fortune. Throughout the narrative, Grrl Genius facts and tips in sidebar-style boxes and charts (e.g., the drawbacks to being beautiful; a cross-cultural comparison of divorce customs; a "Male Sexual Preference Determinator System") provide witty interludes in the narrative.
