Semi-finalist, 2017 Thurber Prize for American Humor Marty Wu, compulsive reader of advice manuals, is easily flustered. A spectacular career meltdown in New York sends her reeling to Taiwan and the comfort of supportive relatives, but even there, Marty is entangled in domestic drama: a formidable mother who’s impossible to please, an annoyingly successful and well-adjusted brother, and surprising family secrets that pop up just when she doesn’t want to deal with them.
Mining the comedic potential of the 1.5-generation American experience, Not a Self-Help Book is an insightful and witty portrait of a young woman scrambling to balance familial expectations and her own creative dreams.
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