02246cam a2200301 i 4500 1103805823 TxAuBib 20240118120000.0 230522s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023008307 9781982168568 HRD 28.99 1982168560 HRD 28.99 TxAuBib rda Bamford, Maria, author Sure, I'll join your cult. Sure, I'll join your cult [BOOK] : a memoir of mental illness and the quest to belong anywhere / Maria Bamford. Sure, I will join your cult. First Gallery Books hardcover edition. New York : Gallery Books, 2023. x, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Maria Bamford is a comedian’s comedian (an outsider among outsiders) and has forever fought to find a place to belong. From struggling with an eating disorder as a child of the 1980s, to navigating a career in the arts (and medical debt and psychiatric institutionalization), she has tried just about every method possible to not only be a part of the world, but to want to be a part of it. Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult, brings us on a quest to participate in something. She recounts every anonymous fellowship she has joined (including but not limited to: Debtors Anonymous, Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, and Overeaters Anonymous), every hypomanic episode (from worrying about selling out under capitalism to enforcing union rules on her Netflix TV show set to protect her health), and every easy 1-to-3-step recipe for fudge in between. Bamford’s memoir explores what it means to keep going, and to be a member of society (or any group she’s invited to) despite not being very good at it. In turn, she hopes to transform isolating experiences into comedy that will make you feel less alone (without turning into a cult following).". 20240118. Bamford, Maria 1970- Comedians United States Biography. Mentally ill United States Biography.