YOU’RE EMBARRASSING YOURSELF

I laughed I cried and then I laughed again' LENA DUNHAMWriter actor and director Desiree Akhavan shares the stories she was told to shut up about―hilarious horny heartbreaking tales of a life in pursuit of art and love.When it comes to shame award-winning filmmaker and director Desiree Akhavan knows what she’s talking about – whether it’s winning the title of The Ugliest Girl at her high school acquiescing to the nose job she was lovingly forced into by her Iranian parents or losing her virginity to a cokehead she met in a support group for cutters. In You're Embarrassing Yourself Desiree goes to the rawest places: the lifelong struggle to be at peace in one’s body the search for home as the child of immigrants and the anxious underbelly of artistic ambition.With all the humour and vulnerability of Jennette McCurdy and the warmth and nuance of Jia Tolentino You're Embarrassing Yourself is equal parts funny and heartfelt charting an artist’s journey from outcast to overnight indie darling to (somewhat) self-aware adult woman. The result is a book that captures the pathetic lows and euphoric highs of our youth and how to survive them in a voice that is unmistakably unapologetically Desiree’s.