I’ll Have What She’s Having by Chelsea Handler

Some books make you laugh out loud. This one might make you snort your tea. Consider yourself warned.

A #1 New York Times Bestseller, this collection of hilarious and tender essays follows Chelsea Handler as she becomes the woman she always dreamed of being—strong, confident, and completely, wonderfully herself. Oprah Daily called it “a raw and raucous exploration of Handler’s ongoing search for self . . . disarming us with humor to get at our softest selves.”

And oh, the stories she tells.

There’s the ten-year-old who spiked her lemonade stand and used the profits to bump herself to first class (family left in coach). The temp who got fired for not knowing how to transfer a call. The dinner-table showdown with Woody Allen. Psychedelics with strangers in Spain. Pickleball with an American dynasty. She holds nothing back.

But that’s only half of it. Between the antics, Chelsea gets surprisingly vulnerable—on showing up for family (canine and human, biological and chosen), on learning to sit with herself, on loving openly and letting go with grace.

The result is a book that’s outrageous and warm all at once. The kind you’ll want to read on a rainy afternoon by the window, then immediately press into a friend’s hands.

We can picture it now: you, curled up somewhere cozy while the sea air drifts past, turning pages and thinking, I’ll have what she’s having.

Stop by the shop and let us wrap one up for you. It makes a wickedly good gift.

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