Cant Help Myself, Meredith Goldstein
Cant Help Myself, Meredith Goldstein
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Can't Help Myself
Lessons & Confessions from a Modern Advice Columnist

Author: Meredith Goldstein

Narrator: Meredith Goldstein

Unabridged: 6 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/03/2018

Synopsis

A disarmingly honest memoir about giving advice when you're not sure what you're doing yourself, by the woman behind The Boston Globe's Love Letters column.

Every day, Boston Globe advice columnist Meredith Goldstein takes on the relationship problems of thousands of dedicated readers. They look to her for wisdom on all matters of the heart- how to cope with dating fatigue and infidelity, work romances, tired marriages, true love, and true loss. In her column, she has it all figured out, but in her real life she is a lot less certain.

Whether it's her own reservations about the traditional path of marriage and family, her difficulty finding someone she truly connects with, or the evolution of her friendships as her friends start to have their own families, Meredith finds herself looking for insight, just like her readers. As she searches for responses to their concerns, she's surprised to discover answers to her own. But it's after her mother is diagnosed with cancer that she truly realizes how special her Love Letters community is, how this column has enriched her life as much, if not more than, it has for its readers.

Can't Help Myself is the extraordinary (and often hilarious) story of a single woman navigating her mercurial love life, and a moving and poignant portrait of an amazing community of big-hearted, love-seeking allies.

About Meredith Goldstein

Meredith Goldstein has written Love Letters, The Boston Globe’s relationship advice column, for more than 10 years. She also writes feature stories and hosts the Globe's popular Love Letters podcast. Meredith’s books include Chemistry Lessons, The Singles, Can’t Help Myself: Lessons and Confessions From a Modern Advice Columnist. Meredith was born in New Jersey, raised in Maryland, and lives in Boston with a carnival-size cotton candy machine. MeredithGoldstein.comTwitter: @MeredithGoldste

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brooke — brooklynnnnereads on October 14, 2019

Prior to reading this essay collection, I had not heard of the author or the advice column that was made popular in the Boston Globe. However, after reading these personal essays from the author's life, I can only hope that the author decides to write and publish more in the future. Everything about......more

Goodreads review by chantel on October 04, 2018

What did I think? Meredith Goldstein is hilarious and has experienced a lot! I loved this book; it felt like a great conversation between friends and I love that she input real letters from her column, Love Letters. I love the concept of helping-others-help-themselves and each other. I am a huge advo......more

Goodreads review by Alexis (hookedtobooks) on January 17, 2019

Thank you @grandcentralpub for sending me a copy of this book! I really enjoyed it! Can’t help myself is kinda like a memoir, but I found it a lot more interesting than your typical memoir. Meredith Goldstein wrote the Love Letters column for the Boston Globe for years, which is where people would wri......more

Goodreads review by Laura on April 09, 2018

Excellent story, loved the interaction between Meredith and her letter writers, her readers, and how she used what was happening in her life to color her advice, and how the column shed light on her real life. Very interesting read.......more

Quotes

"The book's strength is the way Goldstein shows the blurring of personal and professional boundaries from the unique perspective of an advice columnist....her story of coping with her mother's illness is moving and tenderly wrought."—Publishers Weekly

"A witty, entertaining memoir [that offers] guidance on the precarious integration of life and love."—Kirkus Reviews

"CAN'T HELP MYSELF is everything we need right now. Meredith is hilarious, smart, and-as you will learn-gives excellent advice without judgment. By the time I got to page two, I was already asking myself, 'how are we not friends?' Every page is a combination of relatable, funny, cringeworthy, and helpful. This book is evidence that none of us is alone, ever."—Alyssa Mastromonaco, New York Times Bestselling author of Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?

"Meredith Goldstein's warm, witty memoir about tending to an ailing mother and fraught love life while giving sage advice to strangers, offers a new perspective on the eternally confounding questions of love, sex, and friendship."—-Ada Calhoun, author of Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give

"To say this book made me laugh and cry doesn't do justice to how many times it made me snort and deeply moved me. In this hilarious and heartwarming quest for answers, Meredith Goldstein is as wise as she is fallible, as compassionate as she is prescriptive, and a true maven of the heart."—Faith Salie, author of Approval Junkie

"Witty and engaging..."—BookTrib

"Funny...moving, and deeply relatable."—eHarmony

"A touching portrait of a single woman navigating the difficulties of life and love for both herself and thousands of others."—Spirituality & Health Magazine

"By the book's end, we are rooting for her to help herself, and applauding all the help she has given to dozens of others."—Lilith Magazine

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