Synopses & Reviews
A funny, poignant memoir recounting a year of saying yes.
Like many young people everywhere, playwright Maria Headley had had her fill of terrible dates. Discouraged and looking for love, she decided the time had come for her to eliminate her own (clearly not adequately discriminating) taste from the equation. Instead as she vowed to her roommates one frustrated morning she would date every person who asked her out for an entire year, regardless of circumstances. It would be her Year of Yes.
Leaving her judgment and predispositions at the door, our heroine ventured into a world suddenly brimming with opportunity and found herself saying yes to:
- The Microsoft Millionaire who still lived with his mom.
- An actor she had previously sworn off as gay.
- And finally the significantly older man, divorced with kids, who she never would have looked at twice before the Year of Yes and to whom she is now happily married.
Hilariously funny and ultimately inspirational,
The Year of Yes will appeal to every person who has turned down a date for the wrong reason.
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"Headley's memoir is charming, hyperliterate...and even laugh-out-loud funny. (Grade: A-)" Entertainment Weekly
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"Maria Headley spent a year accepting every date she was offered, and ended up with a story about what happens when you say yes to the universe. This book is painfully funny and tender, and so magical it will make you want to be young again, and in such a city." Haven Kimmel
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"The only thing missing when I was done was an overflowing ashtray and a hangover the size and color of Detroit. Maria is my kind of girl." Laurie Notaro
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"Snappy and readable, Headley's fun memoir will be sought out by singletons everywhere." Booklist
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"With the author torturing herself with the gamut of New York City's available men, and even after she connects with her future husband, the entire zany quest seems hollow and tragic, especially for the reader." Library Journal
Synopsis
Like many young people everywhere, playwright Maria Headley had had her fill of terrible dates. Discouraged and looking for love, she decided the time had come for her to eliminate her own (clearly not adequately discriminating) taste from the equation. Instead-as she vowed to her roommates one frustrated morning-she would date every person who asked her out for an entire year, regardless of circumstances. It would be her Year of Yes.Leaving her judgment and predispositions at the door, our heroine ventured into a world suddenly brimming with opportunity and found herself saying yes to: l-The Microsoft Millionaire who still lived with his mom.l-An actor she had previously sworn off as gay.l-And finally the significantly older man, divorced with kids, who she never would have looked at twice before the Year of Yes-and to whom she is now happily married.Hilariously funny and ultimately inspirational, The Year of Yes will appeal to every person who has turned down a date for the wrong reason.
Synopsis
The "poignant and hilarious" (Newsday) story of one woman's twelve months of dating anyone -- absolutely anyone -- who asked her out
At some point every woman who's single (and not by choice) wonders whether she's not somehow responsible for her predicament. Is she too choosy? Should she have given that guy with the combover and the mother issues a shot? Maybe three full feet isnt too much of a height difference . . .? Maria Dahvana Headley had been there, cherry-picking the men shed dated based on a variety of criteria, and clearly it wasnt getting her anywhere.
The Year of Yes is the hilarious and hopeful account of Headley's quest to find a man she could stand (for longer than a couple of hours). Frustrated by her own ineffective taste, she resolved to leave her love life up to fate, dating anyone who asked her: homeless men, a millionaire, several non-English speakers, a mime, and even two women. And finally, one man whose baggage would have disqualified him in any other year . . . but this was the Year of Yes, when Headley would finally discover what was really important.
About the Author
Maria Dahvana Headley is an author and playwright who lives in Seattle with her husband and family.