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It's a Wonderful Lie: 26 Truths About Life in Your Twenties
It's a Wonderful Lie 26 Truths About Life in Your Twenties Author:Emily Franklin (Editor) In this original collection, critically acclaimed female writers pull back the curtain on being twenty-something. Entertaining and enlightening, this anthology speaks honestly about that unique time in life when expectations are not always realized, yet surprises are plentiful and thrilling. — Foreword / by Alexandra Robbins -- — Introduction / by... more » Emily Franklin --
Lie #1: "I'll have an amazing apartment and love my job" --
A letter to my crappy one-bedroom / Jill Kargman --
Girls can do anything! / Leanne Shear and Tracey Toomey --
An (un)literary tour of my twentysomething mind: journals, 1995-1999 / Megan McCafferty --
Hired, fired, and what I wore / Alison Pace --
Trade-offs: why I sold my soul for apartments / Donna Freitas --
Lie #2: "I'll have everything I need to live the life I've always wanted" --
Breaking up (with MasterCard) is hard to do / Cara Lockwood --
Money doesn't buy happiness, but it comes damn close when it buys a white-tableclothed meal and a few bottles of wine / Laura Caldwell --
The real world / Erica Kennedy --
Plan B / Megan Crane --
Lie #3: "I'll know myself --
and what I want" --
Pride and prejudice / Anna Maxted --
The one who got away / Melissa Senate --
Twenty-eight is the new eighteen / Shannon O'Keefe --
A thousand times yes / Beth Lisick --
The pursuit of happiness / Rebecca Traister --
Lie #4: "I'll have satisfying relationships, great sex, and fabulous friends" --
The best-laid plans / Jennifer O'Connell --
I can't have sex with you / Pamela Ribon --
Twentysomething seeks same for friendship / Leah Stewart --
The f-word / Caprice Crane --
I hate you, let's be friends! / Deanna Kizis --
Back to the Pacific Beach Cafe / Hollis Gillespie --
My own Mr. Big / Kristin Harmel --
Knot tied up in a bow / Laurie Graff --
Lie #5: "I'll be where I'm supposed to be, doing what I'm meant to be doing" --
Please let's speak in English / Heather Swain --
The road almost taken / Anna Jane Grossman --
Homesick for the place you've never been / Julianna Baggott --
Twenty-nine-year-old nomad seeks home / Giselle Zado Wasfie« less