The Harm in Asking
  • Published: 28 May 2019
  • ISBN: 9780307720702
  • Imprint: Crown
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $35.00

The Harm in Asking

My Clumsy Encounters with the Human Race

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A side-splitting new collection of personal essays by Sara Barron, author of People Are Unappealing.

Welcome to the perverse and hilarious mind of Sara Barron. In The Harm in Asking, she boldly addresses the bizarre indignities of everyday life: from invisible pets to mobster roommates, from a hatred of mayonnaise to an unrequited love of k.d. lang, from the ruinous side effect of broccoli to the sheer delight of a male catalogue model. In a voice that is incisive and entirely her own, Barron proves herself the master of the awkward, and she achieves something wonderful and rare: a book that makes you laugh out loud. Simply put: if you read it, you will never be the same.*

*That's not true. You'll probably stay the same. But you'll have laughed a lot. And you'll have learned a fun fact about Jessica Simpson's home spray. See? You didn't even know she had a home spray! The learning has already begun. 
  • Published: 28 May 2019
  • ISBN: 9780307720702
  • Imprint: Crown
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $35.00
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Praise for The Harm in Asking

Praise for Sara Barron:

  • "A wickedly funny and dirty treasure trove of modern day oddballs. The darker and more unsparing Sara Barron gets, the more her essays transform into a warped love letter to life's most unusual citizens." --Sloane Crosley, author of I Was Told There'd Be Cake
  • "Sara Barron's essays about her childhood, her parents, her life in acting school in Manhattan and her fellow actors are, dare we say it, as funny as David Sedaris's . . . Barron swats these quirks around like a cat with a big, juicy catnip toy. When you aren't squirming, you're laughing out loud." --Los Angeles Times
  • "[With her] collection of hilarious personal essays, Sara Barron will attract comparisons to David Sedaris and Sloane Crosley. But anyone tempted to buy into that idea should know that Sedaris and Crosley come off as adorable children in Barron's presence." --Cleveland Plain Dealer

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