*A NEW YORK TIMES HUMOR BESTSELLER*
By theย author of I Like You Just the Way I Am andย a frequent Chelseaย contributor, an outrageous collection of personal stories about motherhood, responsibility, and other potential disasters
Jenny Mollen is a writer and actress living in New York. Until two years ago, her lifewas exciting, sexy, a little eccentric, and oneย hundred percent impulsive. She had a husbandย who embraced her crazyโwho understood herย need to occasionally stalk around the house inย his ex-girlfriendโs old beach caftans and toย invite their drug dealer to Passover seder (so heย wouldnโt feel like they were using him only forย drugs).
Then they had their son, Sid, and overnight, Jenny was forced to grow up: to beย responsible, to brush her hair, to listen to her voicemail.
Live Fast Die Hot is a collection of storiesย about what happens when you realize that someย things are more important than crafting the perfect tweet. It follows Jenny to Morocco, where she embarks on a quest to prove to herself that she can travel alone without reenacting a plotline from Taken. It shows herย confronting demonsโmost of them from childhood, a few from the spirit realm. And it culminates in Peru, where Jenny decides that maybe the cure for her anxiety as a mom lies at the bottom of a cup of ayahuasca.
Hilarious, outlandish, and surprisingly affecting, Live Fast Die Hot reminds you that even if you arenโt cut out for parenting, at leastย you can be better at it than your mother.