This Might Be Too Personal

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.