{"product_id":"everything-is-going-to-be-great-an-underfunded-and-overexposed-european-grand-tour-isbn-9780061782350","title":"Everything Is Going to Be Great: An Underfunded and Overexposed European Grand Tour","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Shukert's sharp comic turns careen smack into the middle of our hearts.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e— Los Angeles Times\u003cp\u003eFrom performer, playwright, comedian, author and writer and producer of \"Glow\" and \"Superirl\" Rachel Shukert, Everything Is Going to Be Great, is a hilarious memoir of traveling through Europe in her twenties. Rachel chronicles her youthful navigation through the haphazard fun and debauchery of new freedoms, and the growing pains that ultimately accompany “adulthood.” Fans of Sloane Crosley and David Sedaris are going to love Shulkert’s story, and her sharp, smart humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne underfunded grand tour. A series of hilariously bad decisions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWomen’s Humor:\u003c\/b\u003e Written with the sharp, smart voice that would later define her work on shows like \u003ci\u003eGlow\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSupergirl\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTravel Misadventures:\u003c\/b\u003e From a drunken Bastille Day celebration that ends with a broken nose in a Parisian hospital to a string of terrible jobs and even worse food.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSelf-Deprecating Humor:\u003c\/b\u003e A painfully funny and unflinchingly honest look at the humiliation and absurdity of navigating \"adulthood\" for the first time.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEuropean Travelogue:\u003c\/b\u003e Follow Rachel through Vienna, Amsterdam, and Zurich as she searches for purpose and finds mostly debauchery and awkward sexual encounters.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003eWhen she lands a coveted nonpaying, nonspeaking role in a play going on a European tour, Rachel Shukert—with a brand-new degree in acting from NYU and no money—finally scores her big break. And, after a fluke at customs in Vienna, she gets her golden ticket: an unstamped passport, giving her free rein to “find herself” on a grand tour of Europe. Traveling from Vienna to Zurich to Amsterdam, Rachel bounces through complicated relationships, drunken mishaps, miscommunication, and the reality-adjusting culture shock that every twentysomething faces when sent off to negotiate \"the real world\"—whatever that may be. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003ePraise for Have You No Shame: “Shukert’s sharp comic turns careen smack into the middle of our hearts. As in Lorrie Moore’s stories . . . we feel a deep compassion through our laughter.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Rachel Shukert’s memoir is more than just ‘girl-gone-overseas’; it’s a hilarious, brave and surprisingly piercing work of art.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiablo Cody, Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Juno\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“If you read only one memoir by a disaffected, urban, 20-something Jewish girl this year, make it this one. Shukert rocks the lulav.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGary Shteyngart, author of Absurdistan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Everything Is Going to Be Great is full of smartly observed cultural detail, sexual misadventure, heartbreak, and helpful tips. This outrageous and hilarious memoir will make you laugh, gasp, and occasionally squirm—sometimes all three at once. A weird and wonderful read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. Courtney Sullivan, author of Commencement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Shukert is a hugely funny, wildly smart, and menacingly original writer. I don’t much care for leaving the house, but if I were ever to travel, I’d want to do it in book form and alongside Rachel, who has one billion crazy stories set in foreign lands, all beautifully told.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJulie Klausner, author of I Don’t Care About Your Band\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A great summer read for anyone who likes funny ladies—or who has a friend who is threatening to give it all up to teach English in Prague. This should stop them cold.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Shukert’s] wit is pitch-perfect and amusingly self-conscious….The story itself spans continents, but the consistency with which Shukert perceives everything anchors and enlivens wherever her antics land her.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNylon Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Rachel Shukert manages to do something almost unprecedented in the female travelogue subgenre: she is funny.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The humor with which [Shukert] recounts her experiences allows her work to transcend beyond the cliché of overseas-love-affairs-gone-awry….An entertaining and often laugh-out-loud—though not altogether atypical—story of soul-searching abroad.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Shukert possesses a certain talent to find the funny in almost any situation, and her shockingly personal and irreverent writing makes for many laughs, but not at the cost of losing our sympathy in the face of her deepest disappointments.…[an] entertaining and very current meditation on what it means to be a young American artist abroad.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Shukert possesses a certain talent to find the funny in almost any situation, and her shockingly personal and irreverent writing makes for many laughs….[an] entertaining and very current meditation on what it means to be a young American artist abroad.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eEverything is Going to be Great\u003c\/i\u003e] comes off like a cross between David Sedaris and Chuck Palahniuk….lurking beneath the jabs and one-liners is an affecting—and pretty unforgettable—coming-of-age tale.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Rachel Shukert’s new memoir \u003ci\u003eEverything Is Going To Be Great\u003c\/i\u003e does something unfortunately rare in women’s writing: celebrating mistakes….what \u003ci\u003eEverything\u003c\/i\u003e affirms is that screwing up from time to time—or even a lot—doesn’t make you a terrible person.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJezebel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Thoroughly enjoyable.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887915921637,"sku":"NP9780061782350","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061782350.jpg?v=1730227727","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/everything-is-going-to-be-great-an-underfunded-and-overexposed-european-grand-tour-isbn-9780061782350","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}