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by Rachel Shukert (Author)
"Shukert's sharp comic turns careen smack into the middle of our hearts."
-- Los Angeles Times
From performer, playwright, comedian, author and writer and producer of "Glow" and "Superirl" Rachel Shukert, Everything Is Going to Be Great, is a hilarious memoir of traveling through Europe in her twenties. Rachel chronicles her youthful navigation through the haphazard fun and debauchery of new freedoms, and the growing pains that ultimately accompany "adulthood." Fans of Sloane Crosley and David Sedaris are going to love Shulkert's story, and her sharp, smart humor.
One underfunded grand tour. A series of hilariously bad decisions.
- Women's Humor: Written with the sharp, smart voice that would later define her work on shows like Glow and Supergirl.
- Travel Misadventures: From a drunken Bastille Day celebration that ends with a broken nose in a Parisian hospital to a string of terrible jobs and even worse food.
- Self-Deprecating Humor: A painfully funny and unflinchingly honest look at the humiliation and absurdity of navigating "adulthood" for the first time.
- European Travelogue: Follow Rachel through Vienna, Amsterdam, and Zurich as she searches for purpose and finds mostly debauchery and awkward sexual encounters.
Front Jacket
When she lands a coveted nonpaying, nonspeaking role in a play going on a European tour, Rachel Shukert--with a brand-new degree in acting from NYU and no money--finally scores her big break. And, after a fluke at customs in Vienna, she gets her golden ticket: an unstamped passport, giving her free rein to "find herself" on a grand tour of Europe. Traveling from Vienna to Zurich to Amsterdam, Rachel bounces through complicated relationships, drunken mishaps, miscommunication, and the reality-adjusting culture shock that every twentysomething faces when sent off to negotiate the real world--whatever that may be.
--The New YorkerBack Jacket
When she lands a coveted nonpaying, nonspeaking role in a play going on a European tour, Rachel Shukert--with a brand-new degree in acting from NYU and no money--finally scores her big break. And, after a fluke at customs in Vienna, she gets her golden ticket: an unstamped passport, giving her free rein to "find herself" on a grand tour of Europe. Traveling from Vienna to Zurich to Amsterdam, Rachel bounces through complicated relationships, drunken mishaps, miscommunication, and the reality-adjusting culture shock that every twentysomething faces when sent off to negotiate "the real world"--whatever that may be.
