from one of the Internet\'s favorite self-deprecating commentators comes Everybody\'s Favorite, a laugh-out-loud essay collection that tackles the relentless pursuit of perfection alongside the topsy-turvy, sometimes painful, and often hilarious negotiations that happen within Stone\'s obsessive-compulsive brain.
Set largely during the early 2000s Ozarks, in a community enveloped within evangelism, and peppered with Stone\'s biting satire and gloriously self-deprecating personal anecdotes, Everybody\'s Favorite is a wry, empathetic look at the chaos that ensues when we contort ourselves into an ever-changing assortment of socially acceptable shapes --only to fall out of place, twist an ankle, pee your pants a little, and realize that the pursuit of perfection isn\'t really all that interesting..
In this laugh-out-loud essay collection, replete with cringe-inducing touchstones of an early-aughts girlhood, Lillian Stone recounts her quest to be everybody\'s favorite.
Still navigating the ins and outs of adulthood, accompanied by an obsessive-compulsive disorder that\'s become an exercise in self-acceptance and thus compassion, Lillian has become an expert in fighting the urge to be someone else\'s idea of perfect.
from the pitfalls of a girl plagued by religious trauma, the incomprehensible yet unforgiving need for perfection, and a twenty-pound beagle she never meant to keep, Everybody\'s Favorite is a refreshing story of what it means to pick yourself when the world is telling you otherwise.
Lilian Stone--childhood evangelical, AOL girlfriend, and professional nail biter is always living on the edge of anxiety.
from one of the Internet\'s favorite self-deprecating commentators comes Everybody\'s Favorite, a laugh-out-loud essay collection that tackles the relentless pursuit of perfection alongside the topsy-turvy, sometimes painful, and often hilarious negotiations that happen within Stone\'s obsessive-compulsive brain