{"product_id":"book-gwfo","title":"Everybody's Favorite","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Many have tried, and many will try, to capture the sweet, innocent insanity of life as a young girl during the ’90s and 2000s. None have come close to the comedic perfection Lillian Stone nails again and again in \u003cem\u003eEverybody’s Favorite\u003c\/em\u003e.” —Glamour, Best Nonfiction Books of 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom one of the Internet’s favorite self-deprecating commentators comes Everybody’s Favorite, a laugh-out-loud essay collection that tackles the relentless pursuit of perfection while navigating growing up in the early 2000s.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLillian Stone—childhood evangelical, AOL girlfriend, and professional nail biter is always living on the edge of anxiety. From the pitfalls of a girl plagued by religious trauma, the incomprehensible yet unforgiving need for perfection, and a poorly-behaved twenty-pound beagle, \u003cem\u003eEverybody’s Favorite\u003c\/em\u003e is a refreshing story of what it means to pick yourself when the world is telling you otherwise. Still navigating the ins and outs of adulthood, accompanied by an obsessive-compulsive disorder that’s become an exercise in self-acceptance and thus compassion, Lillian has become an expert in fighting the urge to be someone else’s idea of perfect. In this laugh-out-loud essay collection, replete with cringe-inducing touchstones of an early-aughts girlhood, Lillian Stone recounts her quest to be everybody’s favorite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet largely during the early 2000s Ozarks, and peppered with Stone’s biting satire and gloriously self-deprecating personal anecdotes, \u003cem\u003eEverybody’s Favorite\u003c\/em\u003e is a wry, empathetic look at the chaos that ensues when we contort ourselves into an ever-changing assortment of socially acceptable shapes —only to fall out of place, twist an ankle, pee your pants a little, and realize that the pursuit of perfection isn’t really all that interesting. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49342262116656,"sku":"BDgwfo","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49342262149424,"sku":"ZEgwfo","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49342262182192,"sku":"ZMgwfo","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/gwfo-Square-cover.jpg?v=1777099139","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-gwfo","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}