Straight Up & Dirty: A Memoir - Hardcover

"Klein's sense of humor is downright wicked.a great, fun read." -- Publishers Weekly

"Beneath the wisecracking tales of solo supermarket shopping, phone therapy and Hamptons houseshares, the raw emotion about her divorce and nightmare mother-in-law rings true. Plus, any girl who can pen such gems as, 'I wanted to verb his noun', deserves respect.--Marie Claire (UK)

"Stephanie Klein is so gut-wrenchingly honest that it's embarrassingly entertaining to read her oh-so-real stories, even if you haven't experienced what she's gone through--from divorce to hating tuna fish to attending weddings alone ("Something to really look forward to, you know, like a Pap smear")."--Jane

"Klein's sense of humor is downright wicked...a great, fun read."--Publishers Weekly

"Stephanie Klein's hilarious Straight Up and Dirty is perfect beach-blanket reading."--New York Post

"Stephanie Klein's raw account of divorce at age 29 is refreshingly honest and funny, without delving into cheesy chick-lit territory. You'll easily relate to Klein--even if you don't have a "wasband."--Marie Claire

"Fearless. . . . Her adventures take her from Soho to the Hamptons--looking for love, with a cocktail in her hand."--The Independent

"Nothing, it seems, is too private not to share with . . . Ms. Klein's legions of followers. And that is exactly how they like it. . . . [She is] the Carrie Bradshaw of New York bloggers."--New York Times

Stephanie Klein is so gut-wrenchingly honest that it s embarrassingly entertaining to read her oh-so-real stories, even if you haven t experienced what she s gone through--from divorce to hating tuna fish to attending weddings alone ( Something to really look forward to, you know, like a Pap smear ). --Jane"

Beneath the wisecracking tales of solo supermarket shopping, phone therapy and Hamptons houseshares, the raw emotion about her divorce and nightmare mother-in-law rings true. Plus, any girl who can pen such gems as, I wanted to verb his noun, deserves respect.--Marie Claire (UK)"