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Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory

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From the creator of the beloved and universally acclaimed television series BoJack Horseman, a fabulously off-beat collection of short stories about love—the best and worst thing in the universe.
Written with all the scathing dark humor that is a hallmark of BoJack Horseman, Raphael Bob-Waksberg’s stories will make you laugh, weep, and shiver in uncomfortably delicious recognition. In “A Most Blessed and Auspicious Occasion,” a young couple engaged to be married is forced to deal with interfering relatives dictating the appropriate number of ritual goat sacrifices for their wedding. “Missed Connection—m4w” is the tragicomic tale of a pair of lonely commuters eternally failing to make that longed-for contact. And in “More of the You That You Already Are,” a struggling employee at a theme park of dead presidents finds that love can’t be genetically modified.
Equally at home with the surreal and the painfully relatable (and both at once), Bob-Waksberg delivers a killer combination of humor, romance, whimsy, cultural commentary, and crushing emotional vulnerability.
Audiobook Table of Contents:
"Salted Circus Cashews, Swear to God" read by Raphael Bob-Waksberg
"short stories" read by Baron Vaughn, James Urbaniak, Kimiko Glenn, Colman Domingo, and Natalie Morales
"Most Blessed and Auspicious Occasion" read by Raúl Esparza
"Missed Connection—m4w" read by Colman Domingo
"The Serial Monogamist’s Guide to Important New York City Landmarks" read by Natalie Morales
"We Men of Science" read by James Urbaniak
"Lies We Told Each Other (a partial list)" read by Kimiko Glenn and Raúl Esparza
"These Are Facts" read by Will Brill 
"Lunch with the Person Who Dumped You" read by Stephanie Beatriz
"Rufus." read by Baron Vaughn
"Rules for Taboo" read by Will Brill and Emma Galvin
"Up-and-Comers" read by Stephanie Beatriz
"Move across the country." read by Colman Domingo
"You Want to Know What Plays Are Like?" read by Emma Galvin 
"the poem" read by Nicholas Gonzalez
"The Average of All Possible Things" read by Kimiko Glenn
"More of the You That You Already Are" read by Nicholas Gonzalez
"We will be close on Friday 18 July" read by Raphael Bob-Waksberg
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    • AudioFile Magazine
      This collection of offbeat short stories dealing mainly with love and relationships is, to put it plainly, weirdly funny. Delivered by an ensemble that includes the author himself, the polished performances capture Bob-Waksberg's sardonic wit and exaggerated renderings of the absurdities of romance. From auspicious ritual goat sacrifice at a wedding to an extended series of missed connections, the author turns a satirical eye on love while at the same time unveiling deeper truths about our emotions and our culture at large. The actors' readings are spot-on in rendering Bob-Waksberg's tone, which deftly manifests the ludicrous while conveying relatable sentiments. S.E.G. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 29, 2019
      Bob-Waksberg, creator of the subversive cartoon series BoJack Horseman, hones his wonderfully absurd and unexpectedly moving style in this selection of stories about love. “A Most Blessed and Auspicious Occasion” pokes fun at the arbitrary absurdity of wedding traditions and expectations by introducing a world in which engagement rings are replaced by expensive “promise eggs” and goats are routinely sacrificed at ceremonies. During a family vacation in “These Are Facts,” a girl bonds with her bratty older half-brother, who uses sarcasm to hide the bitterness he still feels toward their father. Sometimes the author’s premises go on a beat too long, as in “Missed Connection—m4w,” in which two mutually attracted subway riders stay on a train for years but never get up the nerve to talk to each other, or “Rufus,” told from the viewpoint of a small dog and peppered with cutesy nomenclature. But mostly Bob-Waksberg successfully tempers the ridiculous with a sharp tug at the heartstrings. “Rules for Taboo,” in which avoiding certain words during a board game triggers a string of pleasant and unpleasant truths, is a prime example of this skill, and a highlight of the collection. These stories are at times poignant and triumphantly silly, but always manage to ring true. 50,000-copy announced first printing.

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