How to Be a Person in the World is a great guide to ‘adulting’, written by one of the best advice columnists in the world.  

What does this book cover?

Noted advice columnist Heather Havrilesky (Ask Polly) gives us How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly’s Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life. It explores all the ‘what if’ questions of modern life, and delivers tried and true advice with humour, compassion and wit.

How to Be a Person in the World answers your questions, such as:

• Should you have a child now, or focus on career?
• What to do about non-committal partners or a less than passionate love life?
• How do you separate yourself from overbearing family?
• Should you follow your dreams, or keep the safe day-job?

About the Author

Heather Havrilesky’s work has appeared in New York magazine, NPR’s All Things Considered, The New York Times Book Review, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker and the Los Angeles Times. She spent seven years a s a TV critic for Salon, and wrote Disaster Preparedness – her memoirs.

How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly’s Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life is a master work from a premiere advice columnist.