Jennifer Niesslein's Books

Candid essays on personal and cultural American nostalgia, focusing on the author's working-class, Rust Belt family history. What does it mean to be nostalgic for the American past? The feeling has been co-opted by the far

A lighthearted examination of the self-improvement phenomenon by the co-editor of the award-winning Brain, Child quarterly magazine describes her personal self-improvement journey, an endeavor marked by contradictory and trendy advice by a range of high-profile experts, perilous perfectionist standards, and her own realization about living the good life. Reprint.

From Dr. Phil to the Fly Lady...“A level-headed, laugh-out-loud tour of the loopy world of self-help.”( Ann Crittenden, author of The Price of Motherhood and If You’ve Raised Kids, You Can Manage Anything) Jennifer Niesslein has an okay life. But, dogged by a sense of dissatisfaction and a yearning for something she can’t quite name, she embarks on a two-year experiment, taking all manner of self-help advice— from housecleaning to marital to spiritual—in an effort to become a better, happier person. What Niesslein learns is that the road to self-help Nirvana is fraught with peril. She also discovers that there is such a thing as the good life—it’s just a question of how perfect you have to be to get it.

An anthology of thirty essays from the site fullgrownpeople.com.

Book's by Jennifer Niesslein

Dreadful Sorry

Dreadful Sorry

Practically Perfect in Every Way

Practically Perfect in Every Way

Dreadful Sorry

Dreadful Sorry

Practically Perfect in Every Way

Practically Perfect in Every Way

Full Grown People

Full Grown People

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