Don’t get it twisted….

Don’t let the title of this book scare you away. It’s a shocking memoir but with a happy ending. My kind of feel good book. ‘How to Murder Your Life’, is a brutally honest (& overly shocking) memoir about the life of Cat Marnell, an associate beauty editor for Lucky magazine, who seems to have her sh*t together. But we soon find out within several chapters that Marnell opens up completely, page by page, about how she was living a double life of a somewhat celebrity stature to a functioning drug addict in NYC for years….until she hits rock bottom.  The true story of ‘ambition & addiction’, of self loathing, self sabotage and lack of self respect. Humility and bravery all rolled into one. Anyone who has overcome or struggled with addiction would understand the lengths someone goes to to get their ‘fix’. I give Marnell much respect and courage to be able to relive her world all over again to do this project. She decided it was time to come clean and write this incredible, tantalizing, addictive book.  A read that will want you craving more. 

Side note: While reading the first couple of chapters, Marnell mentions about hanging out with a couple of comedians in NYC, two of whom I know personally. What a small world! I actually might have known her too and didn’t even know it!