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Once I picked up this book and started reading I was super interested and felt a connection with the author even though we have never met. I felt like most women reading this book will feel the This is the most Raw and honest Memoir I have ever read. I felt like most women reading this book will feel the same, feel a connection with Mandy because we have all at some point fought a losing battle or are still fighting these battles and this book just gives us hope.

At certain points during reading I felt so much for Mandy and her struggles. This is a book I will be recommending to a few of my girlfriends. Thank you so much for this honest and true memoir Mandy Stadtmiller. Jan 24, Lisa rated it it was amazing. I am a failure. I am not worth it. This is a memoir that will touch your life because it is REAL and profound and very very funny in parts.

I could not put this book down once I started reading it. I so appreciate the author sharing her life with her readers especially with the details that she shares. While "I am unloveable, I am unwifeable. While this is a memoir and not technically a self-help book, I think the book will help people because it gives voice to things that we all think and feel but maybe don't have the courage to face head on.

I appreciated hearing everything the author did in her life to seek change and I love the Free Therapy this book affords me! This is a must read! I was given a free copy of this book to read from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review. Apr 23, Debbi DuBose rated it it was amazing Shelves: I was fortunate to win an ARC of: I have to admit this: Ms Stadtmiller pours her heart and soul into writing her Memoir which takes place during the decade of her 30's. She's ecstatic at her good fortune and fi I was fortunate to win an ARC of: She's ecstatic at her good fortune and finds an apartment with another couple.

Every evening is filled with lusty drunken parties that eventually will seem perverse. Mandy will keep telling herself things like: Once Mandy arrives at this point in her life Mandy hates the feeling she gets from doing the wrong thing.

Then one day, she realizes that all the time she has spent looking for a soulmate was a waste of her energy. She doesn't need someone else to make her whole. She does need to develop the physical, intellectual, and spiritual aspects of Mandy to become entirely full. Although I have not lived all aspects of Mandy's life; I could totally relate to her!

By the end of this Memoir, I was Mandy's biggest cheering fan! This is a wonderfully heartfelt book that I rated 5 stars. Everyone should read this honest and true-to-life Memoir. I promise that you will catch glimpses of yourself in these pages, just as I did. Read it to find out what Mandy does to become her new and fantastically beautiful self!!! Keep going forward Mandy I'm with you in spirit all the way! Mar 12, Debbie Dunning rated it it was amazing.

This book knocked the wind out of me -- Mandy's story combined with her self-awareness and ability to touch the reader's emotional nerves make hers such a fresh and refreshing voice. Her soul-baring confessions made me remember choices and feelings of my own that I've never been brave enough to put into words.

This has got to be one of the hottest books of the year -- I think that every woman should read it. Her life experiences are unique and universal at the same time. At times you wonder how This book knocked the wind out of me -- Mandy's story combined with her self-awareness and ability to touch the reader's emotional nerves make hers such a fresh and refreshing voice. At times you wonder how she survived such a fast life in Manhattan media and society while encumbered by such powerful self-destructive impulses.

The title tells you how hard she judged herself, the way we all do at times. But spoiler alert, there's a very happy ending, this is a true love story -- it made me cry real tears, and I wanted more. Gonna buy the audio book because this is worth revisiting more than once. Mar 29, Zibbernaut rated it it was amazing Shelves: The version I had included a few spelling mistakes, but overall I don't think the book will change much from the version I read. This book is raw, as many other people have said already, and honestly I was surprised the depths that the story devolved into.

But at the same time, I wasn't startled by it. Mandy tells the story in a way that eases you into even the most depraved moments. She's an incredibly good storyteller, and I'm definitely glad I read the book even though I had never heard of her before. The journey she describes is deep and honest. We follow her through the worst parts of her life, and we look into her childhood to get insight into why she turned out the way she did. We watch her grow into a woman who is not perfect, but is on the road to recovery.

I think this novel will have a strong impact on any who read it. My only critique would be that she name drops a lot, which is I suppose what she's trained for in her line of work, but I was a bit exasperated by some of it if the person mentioned didn't even speak to her or affect anything.

This was the first novel I've ever annotated, so I wrote my reactions and thoughts in the margins. I think in this case it added to the experience, and I'm hoping it will add to whoever's experience I give the book to later. Mar 23, Jessica Delfino rated it it was amazing. I love everything that Mandy writes because her heart is a faucet left on and what comes out is a pure, cold, fresh drink when your mouth is full of sand. She gets into the cracks of your spirit and sits there and you find yourself thinking her words days, weeks, months, years later.

She is one of those writers who changes you--you don't see the world the same anymore after reading what she wrote. Unwifeable hit me the same way other things I've read by her have, but maybe a little bit harder, b I love everything that Mandy writes because her heart is a faucet left on and what comes out is a pure, cold, fresh drink when your mouth is full of sand.

Unwifeable hit me the same way other things I've read by her have, but maybe a little bit harder, because I could relate to her stories and her heartbreak and her joy so hard, and I really want her to win in these chapters, even more than in some of her other stories where her floundering was more fitting. Unlike some dumb characters in movies or TV shows or other books that you don't care about, you want to root for Mandy, and you are compelled to.

Her vulnerability is too sweet and honest and aching for you not to. This book is a must read for anyone who's ever gone up one side of love and down the other, loitered on the edges or only watched from afar. It's really for any human with a soul. Jan 06, Rebecca rated it really liked it Shelves: Fans of Cheryl Strayed and Stephanie Klein will enjoy this raw memoir that touches on everything from alcoholism and binge eating to sexual addiction. I wasn't familiar with the author and so when I glanced at the pink cover and title I completely missed the cigarette on the cover , I expected some saccharine, cringey chick lit romance thing.

Instead, I was surprised at how relatable and honest Stadtmiller's writing is, especially when describing her journey with various self-destructive behaviours and undeserved self-loathing all the way to self-acceptance. I'm so glad that she actually goes into detail about some very personal roadblocks and all of the ups and downs especially the downs rather than sugarcoating the outcome as some writers might have done.

A quick, witty and touching read. Based on the cover art, I was worried that this book would be a page Carrie Bradshaw column. Turns out Stadtmiller is a hilarious writer with more than enough dishy anecdotes and celebrity gossip to make this a highly entertaining read. It's also emotionally raw and hard to read at parts, with the pain just as well expressed. Apr 16, Jenna Whalen rated it really liked it. I received this book as a Goodreads giveaway. It's refreshing how open, raw, and honest Mandy Stadtmiller is in her memoir.

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She could have easily glossed over parts of her life to make herself look better and still have a good book, yet she chose to write about it all. She is open with her problems, mental health issues, and therapy. It's wonderful seeing someone write so openly about all of that. I felt like Mandy was one of my friends I was rooting for her throughout the book and many times I received this book as a Goodreads giveaway. I was rooting for her throughout the book and many times wanted to shake her and say, "what are you doing?!

This book made me feel aghast, incredulous, made me laugh, and most of all made me want the best for Mandy and for her to become her best and healthiest self. Apr 06, Rachel Kramer Bussel rated it it was amazing. It's rare to read a dating memoir that doesn't end with a sweeping happily ever after, where all the narrator's struggles were worth it because they found true love. Unwifeable follows a different model, even though former New York Post reporter Mandy Stadtmiller does find love.

This is not a book about finding "The One. This is an easy read that you can tear through, with cameos by Courtney Love and Aaron Sorkin and Marc Maron and other familiar names, but I found its takeaway much deeper. I've read a lot of dating memoirs and a lot of addiction memoirs and while this one definitely has its romantic and drug-fueled rock bottoms, it's not at all formulaic. Stadtmiller boldly shares some of her most shameful moments, both drunken antics and emotional lows, including staying with an ex who was ashamed to be mentioned by her in her writing.

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By doing so, she offers up a read that I am pretty sure will be familiar to any woman and likely other genders who's at all dipped their toes into the dating pool. Jun 05, Michelle Arredondo rated it really liked it. I am a reality show junkie. Bravo being my channel of choice I am all for it. Sometimes I like a book that provides that much pleasure and more. This book was it. A Memoir by Mandy Stadtmiller is titillating, pleasing, salacious, raunchy, raw, witty, and honest. From start to Okay From start to finish I could not get enough.

Reading like pages right out of the most intriguing contemporary fiction books A divorcee with a lot to talk about Did author Mandy Stadtmiller write any more books?? I am on the prowl for another Stadtmiller read. I received the book. I read the book. I have reviewed this book voluntarily and honestly. Mar 20, Derek Milman rated it it was amazing.

An absolute un-put-down-able, laugh-out-loud, dizzying, breathtaking masterpiece. Stadtmiller's voice is as sharp and gleaming as a surgical scalpel. The memoir is fearless, taking on some tough subjects, tackling some difficult questions, and never afraid to show its dark side. Not to be missed. Apr 02, Hannah Orenstein rated it it was amazing. I couldn't put this down! If you ever watched Sex and the City and thought, "Huh, what is it like writing about your relationships? Mandy explores how dating in the public eye transformed her relationship with men, alcohol, and herself.

Sep 14, Christina rated it really liked it Shelves: Mind you, I read most of it with my eyebrows up somewhere around my hairline, and let me tell you…I am no prude.

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Stadtmiller worked for the New York Post, xoJane, New York Magazine, and assorted other organizations as a journalist, and has also done comedy work over the years. This woman has seen and done some crap. The lady balls it took for this woman to say, yeah…I had a problem with sex. I was abused when I was young, and had a skewed idea of what sex was all about, and it permeated my adult life up to a point…and this is what I did with it. Yeah, I had a major problem with drugs and alcohol.

I had a lot of fun, but I also did a lot of stupid things. Here they are for the world to see. This memoir is written in a matter-of-fact style that almost reminds me of Jeannette Walls, had she been writing about sleeping with two pilots at the same time after doing a crazy amount of drugs. It is brutally honest, and yes…some might say it was like a name-dropping train wreck. But I saw the woman behind the unhealthy behavior, and how she lit up when she actually DID start getting healthy and fell in love.

Big thanks to Booksparks for sending this book my way! Full review at https: Apr 18, Lauren rated it did not like it Shelves: I received this book in a Goodreads giveaway. And I wish I hadn't. I've tried to write this review in multiple ways but every time I try it comes out meaner than the last. Nov 05, Luanne Ollivier added it. Memoir of a Runaway from Canadian Tanya Marquardt is "the true story of a girl who runs away and finds herself. Stray opens in Tanya is sixteen and has just run away from her mother and stepfather's home.

We learn some of the details of her past and what has led to this exodus -an alcoholic father, a violent home, a mother who lived with her two children in this dysfunc Stray: We learn some of the details of her past and what has led to this exodus -an alcoholic father, a violent home, a mother who lived with her two children in this dysfunctional relationship longer than she should have.

By the time her mother makes a move to get out, fourteen year old Tanya has already forged an intimate relationship with alcohol. Tanya finds a sense of family and security with others living on the fringes of society, from the 'wrong' side of Port Alberni to the underground Goth scene in Vancouver's early nineties. Stray reads like a journal or diary.

Putting your life to paper is so intimate, revealing details, baring your life for others to see. Loss, regrets, hopes, dreams - and reality. I am always so appreciative of an author sharing something so personal with strangers. I thought about the title. As a verb, stray is defined as "to move away aimlessly from a group or from the right course or place" and as an adjective, 'to wander off, go astray, get separated, get lost. Stray does only cover only a short period of time.

I had become caught up in Marquardt's story and would have loved to see how she ended up where she is today. That being said, I really enjoyed Stray. Marquardt's writing is raw and engaging. Meh This memoir held some personal interest because I grew up with a similar group of friends and circumstances. There are a lot of information dumps, which can get a little tedious. I found this memoir to be incredible. Poo poo on all the naysayers.

Tanya's writing is incredibly raw and forthcoming. Her book is not meant to be solely about being a "runaway" but as a "stray". How could you not pick up on the stray feeling throughout the book??!? She had no roots, no home, her entire childhood. You felt let down by her book? YOU felt let down by someone else's misery Tanya is giving us a piece of her existence in an incredibly honest I found this memoir to be incredible.

Tanya is giving us a piece of her existence in an incredibly honest way. So here's my "spoiler": View all 7 comments. Sep 04, Lindsay Nixon rated it liked it. Held to the title and expectation it creates this book fails miserably. Her teenage angst comes through the writing is pretty solid and flows well and it reads like a playbook of that year lots of parties, experimentation, nervousness around boys and blackouts from excessive drinking. You miss out on the good stuff.

I would have loooved more on that and less about metal corsets. The writing is good, and she will keep you captivated, but mostly this book overpromises and hardly delivers what it says it will. Reading memoirs is always personal and I look for a reason for why someone felt their life should be read about by strangers. The first half of this book was filled with just awful stories and even went so far as to, in my opinion, glorify cutting and it just pissed me off.

YES, you had a bad life and obviously you hate it and heck, here, have a medal for the Worst Lif Reading memoirs is always personal and I look for a reason for why someone felt their life should be read about by strangers. YES, you had a bad life and obviously you hate it and heck, here, have a medal for the Worst Life Ever — you win.

But in the second half of the book more introspection was shared and even some regrets. Good teachers like that are life changing. Their impact is eternal. This was my pick for the month of August with Amazon First Reads. Stray comes out officially on September 1, These are all the feelings I felt reading Stray. In this memoir Tanya Marquardt takes us on her journey when she was a teenager finishing up high school. She decided to run away from home when she was 16 because the police in Canada could not do anything about it.

Her childhood left me so sad. Marquardt has overcome a lot in her life. She survived through abuse, a rough relationship with her divorced parents, and poverty only to relive it by writing about it. This book reads a lot like a general non-fiction novel and I had to remind myself that this was in fact a true story. My heart kept breaking with every turn of the page. The ending is anti-climactic but again, it is a memoir. I would have liked more closure at the end of the book, but, that is my opinion.

Overall this book was a powerful, insightful read. I really commend Marquardt for staying focused on her education throughout her rough spot in her life. Any more details about this book and it would be giving it all away. I am giving this book 3 stars.

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This book was well written and kept my interest. It saddened me to think that there are children, innocent children, out there that live this life. The ending just lacked and I would have appreciated to know the outcome of her transition from high school to college. Obviously, she became successful as she wrote a book but the book just ends with her at an interview for college. I felt like I went on this journey with her for a better life and she left me hanging. It was a bit of a letdown after such a tremendous, powerful read.

This is a book that I feel will speak to people in different ways. Other readers may well relate to this book emotionally, reliving their own experiences through the narrative of this memoir. Childhood experiences are evaluated, dissected, re-inflected and pondered often. Tanya Marquardt captures many aspects of this in an honest, inglorious and revealing dialogue, one that invites you to share and understand the nuances of her background. Not once did I see any of this story as teenage angst, I related to a lot of the struggles mentioned. Some other reviews on this book mention that the conclusion feels a little light.

Often, at least for me, surviving a fractured childhood and not recreating it is conclusion enough. Thank you to Little a Publishing for a free copy of this book for review. This was an interesting book that kept me wanting more.

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The author tells her story of her dysfunctional upbringing and how she lived and survived up to age 17 when the book ends. It is truly heartbreaking to read about the emotional and at times physical abuse she suffered and it is so commendable that she overcame her childhood. Throughout the turmoil she continued her education and went on to university and a successful Thank you to Little a Publishing for a free copy of this book for review.

Throughout the turmoil she continued her education and went on to university and a successful career. I had some problems with the timeline in places which threw me off a little. I think the book would have been even more impactful if it had continued. The book ends just as she is going to start university and I would have liked to hear how she turned her life around and to learn about her relationship with her family now. I think this would have given the book more closure and given us a better sense of how she became the person she is today. Oct 07, Julian rated it it was ok Shelves: I got this for free from Amazon.

It is about a 16yo in a very dysfunctional Canadian family. The father is a violent alcoholic and a , after the divorce, the family splits. At some point the mother remarries and the author leaves her home to go an live with friends. There are some gritty parts, but in general I found it relatively mild as a read. I'm not minimizing the author's experiences by any means, and I know she had a hard time growing up without role models or adult guidance, I just don't I got this for free from Amazon.

I'm not minimizing the author's experiences by any means, and I know she had a hard time growing up without role models or adult guidance, I just don't think her story is necessarily book material, especially when the writing is a bit bland. The events are told as they happened, with little reflection, afterthought os embellishment I'm stopping here and moving to something else.

Unsettling book As a mother and grandmother, I often found this book uncomfortable.

A young teen taking about heavy drinking and constant smoking—out all night, yet dedicated to her education and seeing it as her way to a better life. I realize this is a true story. It often made me feel sad, sometimes angry and occasionally joyful. I think I would only recommend it to a parent of a teen who is dealing with teenage issues.

It might provide some insight. Aug 05, Heather rated it it was amazing. My biggest take away was the theme that she didn't know she could say no. I thought this memoir was very well written and intriguing. It left me wanting to know more about the author. Aug 26, Kristen rated it really liked it. The book was somewhat interesting, and I wanted things to improve for the author. Oct 18, Nicole G. While this was well written, its wrapper, if you will, doesn't match its contents.

The "runaway" portion of the book is quite brief compared to the rest of it. The flow of the narrative was also a bit jerky and could've used some editing. For a book about a Canadian teen hanging out with goth kids in the nineties, it was entertaining. But that's not how it was billed. Aug 01, carl w. Surprised Not my normal reading,but it caught my eye and as i starting it was pulled in both to her story and my own past.

Little odd to be named "stray" - indicating that she ran away, then show that she didn't really. I didn't really find myself rooting for Tanya - I wanted to, but I couldn't connect with her attitude. She doesn't want to move back to her mother's, yet won't get a job to prevent that happening? This book was extremely engaging and well-written, but the story itself is unsatisfying. It's almost as if this book needs a sequel. It reads like a teenager's diary. It reads like one diary pulled out of a bookshelf of diaries. The author's teenage self wasn't trouble, but she was a follower.

She got into some seedy situations and fell into a destructive pattern with alcohol, but she wasn't entirely unprincipled and she certainly wasn't dumb. She was basically a lonely kid who found an alternati This book was extremely engaging and well-written, but the story itself is unsatisfying. She was basically a lonely kid who found an alternative family when her own failed her. It's not a unique story, but it is an interesting one. I really liked it, but I can't give it five stars. Oh, and it's narrated by the author, who did a fantastic job.

Brutal honesty in self portrayal The author was brutally honest in her portrayal of her childhood and her feelings toward her parents and siblings. To put these feelings on paper for the world to read must have been difficult.

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