Acknowledgments

- Blurb -

A postmodern memoir about the power of saying thank you to the ones you may not have wanted to thank at the time . . . There' s no such thing as a perfect life, but there are perfectly hilarious moments. The best stories are often about the lowest points in our lives - the soul-crushing jobs, the bad boyfriends, the terrible holidays, the betrayals and heartbreaks. These are the stories I tell people to make them like me, but, more importantly, they' ve helped me learn how to like myself. So this book is a collection of thankyous and acknowledgments:Thank you to the woman called ' Becky' whom I was named after - because of you, no one expects me to amount to anything great and that is true freedom. Thank you to an ex-lover who said I was ' in good nick' , as though I were a 1998 Toyota Corolla with a new paint job. Thank you to the coked-up real estate agent who, while lecturing me and my friend about the importance of travelling, fell down a flight of stairs. Thank you to the woman who approached me after a gig and told me I needed to download the Headspace app. You' ve all taught me that you can' t control who comes into your life or what happens to you, but you can decide just what it is you take from them. From critically acclaimed comedian Becky Lucas comes a funny, consoling and very candid collection of stories and essays about growing up and figuring it out that establishes her as one of today' s most original comedy writers.