Things Are Against Us, Lucy Ellmann
Things Are Against Us, Lucy Ellmann
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Things Are Against Us

Author: Lucy Ellmann

Narrator: Stephanie Ellyne

Unabridged: 6 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/28/2021

Categories: Fiction, Women, Nonfiction, Humor


Synopsis

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold. As Yeats pointed out, things have a lot to answer for. These satirical essays jauntily tackle the obstinacy, incorrigibility, and recalcitrance of things, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s unimpressive descriptions of the
construction of bobsleds and door latches, and the way we try to stand on our own two feet, put our best foot forward, remain footloose and fancy-free, and inevitably put our foot in it. They also cover the first suggestion the internet offers
when you look up the word ‘women’ (spoiler: it’s shoes) and other annoyances (some fatal) of male supremacy, the nobility of buttons, and what the rejection of tourists by Jordanian donkeys should mean for global travel (stop!). Ingrid
Bergman and Jane Austen come into it somewhere (Helen Gurley Brown was forcibly removed).

Early versions of some of these essays have appeared in international outlets of record, but others are brand-new and ready for your delectation.

Reviews

This book is published by the Norfolk based multi-award winning small press Galley Beggar, run by Elly Miller and Sam Jordison and whose past books include “We That Are Young”, “Lucia” and “A Girl is a Half Formed Thing” and of course the wonderful “Ducks, Newburyport” by Lucy Ellmann. That novel wa......more

Goodreads review by Bianca

My first encounter with Ellmann's brilliance was through Ducks, Newburyport, which enthralled me. Then I read the more accessible Mimi, which I also loved. Needless to say, I was excited to read Ellmann's essays. Even though these are essays, some of them feature themes that also appeared in the two n......more

Goodreads review by Eric

Oh Lucy! The author who stirred a little controversy and broke everyone's arm with her brilliant giant quacking tome, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2019, is back! And she is justifiably mad as hell because “Patriarchy has trashed the place.” But, while her anger is deadly serious, th......more