a new york times bestseller this essay collection from the bitches gotta eat blogger and writer on hulus shrill is sure to make you alternately cackle with glee and cry real tears whether samantha irby is talking about how her difficult childhood has led to a problem in making adult budgets explaining why she should be the new bachelorette shes 35ish but could easily pass for 60something detailing a disastrous pilgrimageslashromanticvacation to nashville to scatter her estranged fathers ashes sharing awkward sexual encounters or dispensing advice on how to navigate friendships with former drinking buddies who are now suburban moms hang in there for the costco loot shes as deft at poking fun at the ghosts of her past self as she is at capturing powerful emotional truths