It’s Like Wild for 80s Babies
In Adult Braces, Lindy shares the story of her rock bottom, and of the solo cross-country road trip she took to claw her way out of it. With her trademark candor and sense of humor, she examines her post-Shrill emotional implosion, her shifting feelings about traditional marriage, and her search for her long-lost self. She also tracks the highs and lows of her journey, from eye-opening natural wonders and kitschy roadside attractions to lackluster tourist traps and campground epiphanies. The result is an engaging and laugh-out-loud narrative of becoming as Lindy transforms from a passenger into the active navigator of her own life.
“Unfuckwithably real.”
- Angela Garbes
Praise for Adult Braces
“West tackles big subjects here, [yet] manages to extract humor in the many odd moments she finds herself in while taking a restorative drive from Seattle to Key West, Florida, and back again. Amid the humor, though, are moments of great insight, many clearly born of keeping a careful eye out while passing through ‘this ludicrously large country,’ others born of heartache…A well-realized, candid memoir that reveals an unconventional approach to life.”
— Kirkus (starred review)
“West blends her signature sharp wit with endearing vulnerability in this luminous memoir of a cross-country road trip she took to rebuild herself and her marriage…The result is a madcap, rewarding journey that demystifies the unsexy work of self-actualization.”
— Publishers Weekly
(starred review)