*A People Top 10 Book of 2018*
The New York Times essayist and author of We Learn Nothing, Tim Kreider trains his singular power of observation on his (often befuddling) relationships with women.
Psychologists have told him heโs a psychologist. Philosophers have told him heโs a philosopher. Religious groups have invited him to speak. He had a cult following as a cartoonist. But, above all else, Tim Kreider is an essayistโone whose deft prose, uncanny observations, dark humor, and emotional vulnerability have earned him deserved comparisons to David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell, and the late David Foster Wallace (who was himself a fan of Kreiderโs humor).
โBeautifully written, with just enough humor to balance his spikinessโ (Booklist), I Wrote This Book Because I Love You focuses Timโs unique perception and wit on his relationships with womenโromantic, platonic, and the murky in-between. He talks about his difficulty finding lasting love and seeks to understand his commitment issues by tracking down the John Hopkins psychologist who tested him for a groundbreaking study on attachment when he was a toddler. He talks about his valued female friendships, one of which landed him on a circus train bound for Mexico. He talks about his time teaching young women at an upstate New York college, and the profound lessons they wound up teaching him. And in a hugely popular essay that originally appeared in The New York Times, he talks about his nineteen-year-old cat, wondering if itโs the most enduring relationship heโll ever have.
โIn a style reminiscent of Orwell, E.B. White and David Sedarisโ (The New York Times Book Review), each of these pieces is โheartbreaking, brutal, and hilariousโ (Judd Apatow), and collectively they cement Kreiderโs place among the best essayists working today.
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