Marissa Miller's memoir Pretty Weird is a charmingly honest look at the writer's journey from a nice Jewish girl to a successful journalist.

Despite her upbringing in a family that encouraged her to be as nice as possible, Marissa found herself pushing boundaries by openly discussing bodily functions with her peers and encouraging them to join her in undressing in the hallways at school. As she went from being scolded by community members for exploring her identity and pushing the boundaries of what a "nice girl" is allowed to do, she grew increasingly worried about her career. She was afraid that if she didn't keep up this new behavior, people would think less of her.

But when she got more popular and began writing for The New York Times, things started looking up again. She realized that all those times she felt like an impostor who didn't deserve success because of how normal she seemed were actually signs that she had talent—and now it was time to act like it!

Was unable to read, wouldn't download onto my Kindle E-reader. Filling the rest of this review with bullshit.

First I want to say that I thoroughly enjoyed Marissa Miller's voice. And as a memoir/anthology of short stories, "Pretty Weird" works. I didn't really get where the self help came in though. It was just a good memoir about the author's journey to self acceptance, and probably should have been marketed that way.

This book takes an empathetic approach and gives bite size approaches and allows you to have kindness and patience with yourself when dealing with life. This is so necessary for everyone to read in life. Highly recommend. Especially loved the reflection to true life to humanize my feelings and relate. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.