“Ambition Monster is as hilarious as it is heart-wrenching. Through bad boyfriends, complicated coworkers, and just enough luck, Jennifer Romolini uses sharp sentences and vulnerability to tell the story of a life spent in hot pursuit of the love, validation, and the significance we all desire. Page after page, chapter after chapter, I found myself riding with Romolini down the rabbit hole of her successes, and often enough, right into the glaring light of her failures. Ambition Monster is a gift of storytelling, and an act of reclamation.” —Ashley C. Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Somebody’s Daughter
“Jennifer Romolini is a big-hearted, hilarious genius who has generously ripped her life open to let us pick at her scars, and we are luckier for it.” —Samantha Irby, New York Times bestselling author of Quietly Hostile, Wow, No Thank You, and We Are Never Meeting In Real Life
“Ambition Monster grabbed me in its teeth and wouldn't let me go. Jennifer Romolini's memoir is propulsive and funny and human and wise all at once. It's rare to find a book that says such hard truths about work, money, and, yes, ambition. I devoured it, or maybe it devoured me.” —Claire Dederer, bestselling author of Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma
“An exquisitely written reckoning with our own career hunger: where it comes from, but also what it costs us. Ambition Monster is weird and funny and brutally honest in all of the best ways. If you find yourself on the other end of burnout, trying desperately to figure out a new way forward — wow, is this book for you.” —Anne Helen Petersen, author of Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation
“Jennifer Romolini’s storytelling feels like the warm, urgent whisper of a friend—a friend you'd follow to the back room of a bar, or the ends of the earth, or just the nearest park bench to cry on. Her willingness to look unflinchingly at the hardest parts of her own upbringing, anger, and workaholism renders what could be the cringiest, most embarrassing stuff of life into a tender, beautiful, and endlessly relatable journey. Ambition Monster is the rare book that makes me grateful to be a messy human, this messy human, myself. It will do the same for you.” —Angela Garbes, author of Essential Labor
“Reading Ambition Monster is the equivalent of staying up very late with someone who gets you, drinking vodka and looking at the stars while telling truths, dreaming dreams and feeling woozy from being understood. It is a soul book, an intense but beautiful ride.” —Catherine Connors, author of The Feminine Revolution
“One of the best business and leadership books of 2017.” —Fast Company
“The Best Personal Development & Human Behavior Book of 2017” — Porchlight Books
“Weird in A World That's Not is an honest, often hilarious, take on traditional career guides. Romolini draws not only from past failures, but also from her many years of success, to drop truth bombs aimed at women battling everything from sexism to self-consciousness in their professional lives.”— Elle Magazine
“There are plenty of career guides out there that promise to help you land your dream job. But none of them are as honest and funny and real as Weird in a World That’s Not: A Career Guide for Misfits, F*ckups, and Failures.” — HelloGiggles
“Weird in a World That’s Not blends the story of [Romolini’s] own personal and professional growth — failures and successes included — with some truths she’s learned along the way, all in a sassy voice that will remind you of your smart older sister after a cocktail.” — Bustle
“Part career guide, part cautionary tale; part memoir, part motivation. With the candor and charm of a big sister/best friend, Jennifer Romolini has written a book as funny as it is wise.” —Rumaan Alam, author of That Kind of Mother and Rich & Pretty
“This is my new favorite ‘career advice’ book. Jennifer Romolini is like a brilliant, down-to-earth best friend who never judges and totally has your back.” — Jessica Bacal, author of Mistakes I Made at Work
“Jennifer Romolini has written a career guide for actual humans. Humans who make mistakes, have feelings, and are learning every day. Her advice is practical and no-nonsense while still being wonderfully empathetic, warm and funny. I would tell you this book is perfect for a woman just starting her career, but the honest truth is that even though I’ve been a manager for several years, I learned so much from Jenn about how to lead: with high expectations and compassion.” —Jessica Grose, editor in chief of Lenny and author of Soulmates and Sad Desk Salad