Synopses & Reviews
Meet the men in Diana Josephas life: aThe boy,a Dianaas fourteen-year-old son, who supports the NRA and dreams of living in a house with wall-to-wall carpeting; Dianaas father, whoas called her on the telephone twice, ever, and who sat her down when she was twelve to caution her against becoming a slut (she didnat listen); Dianaas brothers, or, as her father calls them, athe two assholesa; Dianaas ex-husband, a lumberjack with three ex-wives, yet heas still the first one she calls when sheas in a jam; and Dianaas common-law husband, Al, an English professor whoas been mistakenly called mentally challenged. Ostensibly organized around the various men in Dianaas life, this is really a memoir about what itas like to be a modern, smart woman making her way in the world.
Review
Synopsis
Ostensibly organized around the various men in Joseph's life, this memoir is really about what it's like to be a modern, smart woman making her way in the world.
Synopsis
An Entertainment Weekly "must"-"It's hard to recall another collection of essays, or a memoir, with more natural charm." Surrounded by dysfunctional men-from her fourteen-year-old son to her high-maintenance boss-Diana Joseph did what she had to do: survive. I'm Sorry You Feel That Way is an honest, hilarious, and instantly recognizable memoir of a truly modern woman. Funny, fearless, and warmhearted, it is a portrait of a woman in all her endless complexities and contradictions, and of the people she has come to love in spite of-or rather because of-theirs.
About the Author
Diana Joseph has worked as a waitress, a short-order cook, a typist, and a teacher. Her essay "The Boy" won the Kentucky Women Writers Prize for Creative Nonfiction. Joseph currently teaches in the MFA program at Minnesota State University, Mankato.