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So Sad Today

By: Melissa Broder
Narrated by: Melissa Broder
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In 2012 Melissa Broder went through a harrowing cycle of panic attacks and dread, so she began @SoSadToday, an anonymous Twitter feed that allowed her to express her darkest feelings and which quickly gained a dedicated following.

In So Sad Today, Broder delves deeper into existential themes, from eating disorders, drug addiction and unusual fetishes to love, death and the drama of waiting for the universe to text you back.

Narrated by the author, this is a modern-day memoir that is relatable to so many.

©2016 Melissa Broder (P)2016 Hachette Audio Anxiety Disorders Art & Literature Authors Eating Disorders Gender Studies Love, Dating & Attraction Marriage & Long-Term Partnerships Mental Health Personal Development Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Relationships Social Sciences Health

Critic Reviews

" So Sad Today is desperately honest.... Sad and uncomfortable and its own kind of gorgeous." (Roxane Gay, best-selling author of Bad Feminist)
"It would have been easy for Broder to stay anonymous and simply publish a book of @SoSadToday's most popular tweets, but instead, she chose to challenge herself in what turned out to be a triumph of unsettlingly relatable prose." ( Vanity Fair)
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So beautifully written, easily resonates with the angsty teen emo who forever lives inside my soul.

beautifully honest

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One of those once-in-a-while books you read and really truly feel seen

She gets it

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The author seems so determined to make you think her experience and perspectives are different/special and that she’s f***** up, that it just comes across as pretentious. And of the pockets of relatable circumstances, Broder fails to provide anything but a vapid and self-consumed take. There’s only so much ‘conventionally attractive white lady’ complaining I can listen to - couldn’t finish it.

A dumpster fire marketed as introspective personal essays

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