Don't Get Too Excited
It's Just About a Pair of Shoes and Other Laments From My Life

Full disclosure: Jen Epstein is a friend of mine and I have been awaiting the release of the book for a while. I consulted with her on marketing, etc.during a contest in which she had entered the book and I am mentioned in the acknowledgement section. Book blurbs that overreach can set the reader, an......more

As author Jen Epstein recounts her struggles with OCD in a personal essay/confessional mode, you'll find yourself irresistibly drawn into each chapter. Epstein writes with great heart and generosity about the camera obscura that is her brain. Each chapter follows a different story but Epstein adeptl......more

Don't Get Too Excited is a fantastic set of essays and short stories navigating the experience of OCD in a world that barely understands it, often can't empathize with the people that are diagnosed, an even more rarely with those that express symptoms and behaviors but are un-diagnosed. This is grea......more

I found the book both incredibly entertaining and very insightful. I don’t know how it happens in Jen Epstein’s essays, but I find myself completely sucked into each story like it’s a suspense-thriller. I think maybe it’s because the writing is so clear and clean that I can identify with the narrato......more

Very funny book and very touching. Jen describes the struggles of OCD and goes into the formative years of her life with great courage and insight. We all have anxiety of one level or another so this book is highly relatable. The author has written a book that takes pain and turns it into humorous a......more