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How to be Alone

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How to be Alone

By: Lane Moore
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 The former Sex & Relationships Editor for Cosmopolitan and host of the wildly popular comedy show Tinder Live with Lane Moore presents her poignant, funny, and deeply moving first book.

Lane Moore is a rare performer who is as impressive onstage—whether hosting her iconic show Tinder Live or being the enigmatic front woman of It Was Romance—as she is on the page, as both a former writer for The Onion and an award-winning sex and relationships editor for Cosmopolitan. But her story has had its obstacles, including being her own parent, living in her car as a teenager, and moving to New York City to pursue her dreams. Through it all, she looked to movies, TV, and music as the family and support systems she never had.

From spending the holidays alone to having better “stranger luck” than with those closest to her to feeling like the last hopeless romantic on earth, Lane reveals her powerful and entertaining journey in all its candor, anxiety, and ultimate acceptance—with humor always her bolstering force and greatest gift.

How to Be Alone is a must-read for anyone whose childhood still feels unresolved, who spends more time pretending to have friends online than feeling close to anyone in real life, who tries to have genuine, deep conversations in a roomful of people who would rather you not. Above all, it’s a book for anyone who desperately wants to feel less alone and a little more connected through reading her words. Essays Literature & Fiction Satire Comedy Nonfiction Dating Funny Witty Heartfelt
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Painfully beautiful, lovingly raw and mercilessly funny.

It’s about her experience living without a family as a safety net and how to make sense of your need for connection.

You can tell that Lane Moore is a brilliant comedy writer and to hear her read the book herself is a real treat.

A deep dive

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I finished it in one day and felt so connected, even cried at the end.

amazing!

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I love this book. Thank you so much Lane. thank you for being like me. thank you for making me laugh so much and genuinely helping me feel a bit better about myself. xxxxxxxxxx

wow thank you lane xxx

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I can’t explain how much this book comforts me. It’s like having a best friend I can carry around with me. Someone who thinks like I do, feels things like I do, who is there whenever I need some comforting words. Even to just relate to with crappy life experiences. Which makes me feel less “out of place”. And less alone. I love this book. And I love Lane. I wish she was my friend.

I feel less alone

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So beneficial when you go your whole life feeling as though you're the only human being who has dealt with the convoluted strange experience of emotional neglect and abandonment from your primary caregivers. When the most eloquently hilarious book is dropped that mirrors this experience it serves more healing and remedy than thousands of dollars spent on therapy. If you struggle with pathological loneliness read this book, so glad I bought it thank you Lane!!

Comforted my soul

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