Jason Gay, author of Little Victories: Perfect Rules for Imperfect Living, will be the Library’s featured speaker Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m.
In Little Victories Gay brings that trademark wit to an irreverent anti-advice book. It’s not a guide for how to lean in, tidy up, master your money, change your diet or be 10% happier.
Instead, Little Victories is a short and brilliantly funny book about the less glamorous things (like surviving Thanksgiving with your in-laws, life with small children, dealing with aging parents, navigating the workplace), the little victories, as it were, that make up our everyday lives. It’s Gay’s particular brand of advice he calls “both practical and ridiculous… neither perfect nor universal.”
Gay offers his thoughts on a range of topics, including: stress solutions (“There is no downside to throwing a 2-pound bag of flour against a wall – it feels totally fantastic”), marriage (“Brunch is actually the third leading cause of divorce in the country”), how to create a great wedding reception playlist (“Yes, you’re playing ‘Brick House’”), travel (“Do not rent the PT Cruiser”), and food (“I subsist mostly on scraps left behind by a toddler”).
“Jason Gay’s rules for living will make you laugh out loud, and also make a whole lot of sense. This is an advice book that doesn’t take itself too seriously and is all the more valuable for it.”
— Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of The Power of Habit
“I loved this book. Jason Gay’s Little Victories is funny, wise, direct, deceptively straight-forward and incredibly moving. As soon as I was finished reading it, I put it in the mail to my father, along with a reminder of my love. Such reminders, after all, are what we are here for, as this story—well—reminds us.”
—Elizabeth Gilbert, bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love
About the Author
Jason Gay is a sports columnist at The Wall Street Journal. He has written for publications including Vogue, GQ, Rolling Stone and The New York Observer. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his family and a passive-aggressive cat.
Books will be available for purchase at this event. Refreshments will be served.
About Darien Library
Darien Library is ranked as one of the top 10 public libraries in the country for its size, according to Hennen’s American Public Library Rating, and is a Library Journal Five Star Library. The library is among the busiest in the state with over 1,300 people visiting on an average day, 92 percent of the town’s residents holding library cards, and the highest per capita circulation in Connecticut, with more than 28 items per Darien resident. The library collection includes 120,000 books and 300 newspaper and magazine subscriptions.