Meghan Doherty has illustrated the Zest books Undecided and Super Pop. She previously wrote for the Brooklyn-based web magazine Brokelyn and has created websites and posters for a variety of clients.
"Amen! - a parenting book for crummy parents like me. It's not so
much a parenting book, per se - no, it really is an etiquette book.
But the tone and language used is straightforward and speaks to
teens and young adults in a manner that they understand. And all
that stuff you learned in parenting class? It's back, and much more
applicable than you thought. . . . The book is rated for 18+, but
honest to God, I'll let my 12-year-old daughter read it. There's
nothing inappropriate in terms of language or subject matter, I
think, for middle schoolers, and frankly, that's where the seeds of
dickishness are usually planted."
*Chicago Now*
“Really? An etiquette book for teens? Yes, really, you butt-faced
jerk! See, that right there is 'dickish behavior,' a timeless
plague for which Doherty has a cabinet full of cures. The
atmosphere is pure Dick and Jane: fussy early-reader prose married
to bland clip-art-style illustrations starring a deadpan boy and
girl. Through these old-fangled characters, Doherty fires absurd
twenty-first-century zingers that happen to be really, really,
really funny. (When was the last time you LOL’d at a nonfiction
book?) Droll humor is one thing, but does Doherty deliver
substance? Shockingly, she does, offering teens blunt, no-nonsense
advice on the adult world that awaits them….Given the emphasis on
roommates, office parties, and alcohol, this is clearly the gift
book for next year’s high-school and college grads. After all, we
all need the occasional reminder that peeing in the shower is
wrong.”
*Booklist (Starred Review)*
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