A Perfect 10: The Truth About Things I'm Not and Never Will Be

by Heather Land

Overview

The author of I Ain’t Doin’ It and popular comedian Heather Land returns with a collection of laugh-out-loud, hilarious, and unfiltered essays that explore the funny and inspirational moments in everyday life—perfect for fans of Rachel Hollis’s Girl, Wash Your Face.

A popular social media comedian, Heather Land’s irresistible Southern charm has reached millions of engaged fans and followers who fill theaters at her stand-up events around the country, and who also fell in love with her first book I Ain’t Doin’ It.

Now, Heather’s “revealing anecdotes and heartfelt encouragements” (Publishers Weekly) in A Perfect 10 shine a light on those ridiculous moments in our lives that also have the ability to teach us about ourselves. Whether she’s joking about her crafting habit, revealing the hard truths of divorce, ranting about the challenges of being a single parent of teenagers, or getting real at the class reunion, Heather’s message is that the more authentic we are, the more we connect with others. Heather hilariously encourages you to lighten up and focus on what’s really important in life. Like a laughter-filled conversation with an old friend, A Perfect 10 is a great gift to give to others or yourself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781982104191
Publisher:	Howard Books
Publication date:	05/04/2021
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	527,483
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Heather Land has made herself a household name thanks to her uniquely Southern wit, peppered with a dash of sassy sarcasm and a whole lot of seasoned truth. Blending humor with reality has endeared her to millions, but it is Heather’s ability to laugh at herself that makes her not only relatable, but downright lovable. Her stories and songs reach deep into the hearts of her audiences, reminding us of the many ways that real life can be really hard and really funny. Her ongoing series of “I Ain’t Doin’ It” videos has become a viral phenomenon with millions of views. Heather is the author of I Ain’t Doin’ It, the mom of two amazing children, and currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

Chapter 1 Growing Up Normal 1

Chapter 2 Living on Likes 13

Chapter 3 Spoken Like a True Millennial 27

Chapter 4 Yo-yo Skills 37

Chapter 5 Parent Trap 51

Chapter 6 The Hatmaker 65

Chapter 7 Hot Glue and Mathematics 77

Chapter 8 Junk Drawer 91

Chapter 9 Class Reunions and Spanx 99

Chapter 10 Sweet Tooth 113

Chapter 11 Getaway Car 125

Chapter 12 A Time for Everything 135

Chapter 13 Enough Is Enough 147

Chapter 14 Happiness Prevention 159

Chapter 15 Good-Hearted 169

Chapter 16 Talk It Out 175

Chapter 17 Better Now 189

Chapter 18 Hercules 195

Editorial Reviews

06/29/2020

Comedian Land (I Ain’t Doin’ It) delivers witty rants on life in this raucous testament. After posting her first sarcastic video on social media in 2017 and seeing it take off, Land jumped into her career as a stand-up comic, traveling the country and refining a routine that poked fun at her religious childhood, divorce, and life as a single mother raising two children. Land zippily careens through topics such as growing up in the South (“Hometown stores where everyone knows your name and anyone can discipline you in the absence of your mama”) and the oddity of millennials’ language (“CMC (call me crazy), but all these new words have me wondering how to crack the code on today’s streets”), but also offers moments of seriousness in which she explores how her faith has given her perspective and encourages readers to reassess their priorities, change, and grow. “Know that it is OK to be where you are in your season—unashamed, unapologetic.” The final chapter on finding new love is especially moving. Land’s revealing anecdotes and heartfelt encouragements will appeal to Christians who enjoyed Rachel Hollis’s Girl, Wash Your Face. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

"Wildly popular Southern comedian Heather Land, whose 100 million-plus fans love her for her ‘I Ain’t Doin' It’ viral videos and book, shares more personal stories in ‘A Perfect 10’. A divorced (and now engaged) mom of two, Land confesses her secrets in a relatable, quirky and endearing way.

GMA.com Must-Read Books for October 2020

2020-08-25
A comedian offers humor and wisdom from a life spent "trying to stay afloat."

West Tennessee native Land grew up in a small town "where family and church were at the center of everything I knew” and women "learn to please [and] to agree.” She credits this seemingly wholesome background with teaching her "how to perform for God and everybody else around me.” Later, as a divorced single mother of two children, Land discovered what would become her trademark sarcasm. In grappling with the pressure society places on women to maintain a certain idealistic physical appearance, she came to the eventual conclusion that even though her body was "two parts Diet Coke, one part hot fudge sundae,” she was, of course, still worthy of self-love. Parenting children—especially teenagers—led to other revelations. Where once she thought that raising teens would be as fun and predictable as episodes of That ’70s Show, she later realized that being a mother to adolescents looked more like an episode of Law & Order, “except there is no law or order in the day-to-day interactions in my home anymore.” Life as a single woman looking for companionship brought its own lessons. Land, who posts popular comic videos on Facebook, became painfully aware that her proclivity to "fix people" had turned her into a "missionary date[r]” who sought to change the men in her life. When she later fell in love with an Indian man 12 years her junior, she regained her faith in good partnerships and also learned that love "may not come packaged the way you think.” Warm, funny and down to earth, this book celebrates how "being knocked around by [the] waves" of life is not only salutary, but also the source of the best, most engaging kind of humor.

A bighearted and candidly humane memoir.

Kirkus Reviews