I Feel Bad: All Day. Every Day. About Everything.

(Hardback)

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In a series of 100 illustrations with accompanying text, Orli Auslander has captured a mood and emotional ambivalence that will be all too familiar for readers: trying to be the best wife, mother, and friend she can be, while simultaneously feeling shitty about virtually everything she does. With a distinctive style that brings to mind Robert Crumb and Edward Gorey, I Feel Bad is a book that readers will buy for themselves and for a best friend, and where every reader will find the precise moment that Auslander voiced their deepest anxiety in her poignant and hilarious illustrations.

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Auslanders idiosyncratic drawing style, with loopy lines that appear to unravel as though theyre loosely crocheted, is anxiety personified [I Feel Bad] belongs to the brand of humor whose main gag is that mothers are human [Auslander] goes dark and specific, transcending the theme.
Anya Ulinich, The New York Times Book Review

Auslander, an artist and writer, catalogs the 100 ways she experiences remorseEach numbered confessional statement is illustrated with a line drawing, rough in style but with sharp humor. Shes a dark Roz Chast.
Sandee Brawarsky, Jewish Week

Orli Auslander's wry humor is observant and lacerating and spares no one, least of all herself.I Feel Bad made me feel...not good, exactly, but deeply, uncannily understood.
Emily Gould, author of Friendship

I Feel Bad is less expensive than a shrink, and more addictive than anti-depressants. I just love this book.
Marisa Acocella Marchetto, author of Ann Tenna and Cancer Vixen

I Feel Bad made me laugh, sometimes through my tears. Poignant and provocative, it hits close to home, cuts deep, and it is funny because it's true. Orli Auslanders brave confessions, and her uncanny ability to find humor in some dark places, will help us all to feel more normal.
Julie Holland, M.D., author of Moody Bitches

Orli Auslanders I Feel Bad is a savory sex toy of the psyche for those of us who will never be enough for ourselves.
Melissa Broder, author of So Sad Today

Author Bio

After a strict Middle-Eastern upbringing, a teenaged Orli Auslander dropped out of school in London and came to New York City, where she worked as a milliner and radio DJ on WLIR before returning to her first love, art. Her work has been shown in the United States and overseas from England to Spain, and was recently featured on the Showtime series Happyish. She is married to the author Shalom Auslander and lives with her family in upstate New York. Author Residence- Woodstock, N.Y.