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Can't Help Myself
Can't Help Myself: Lessons & Confessions from a Modern Advice Columnist | Meredith Goldstein
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A disarmingly honest memoir about giving advice when you're not sure what you're doing yourself, by the woman behind The Boston Globe's Love Letters column. Every day, Boston Globe advice columnist Meredith Goldstein takes on the relationship problems of thousands of dedicated readers. They look to her for wisdom on all matters of the heart- how to cope with dating fatigue and infidelity, work romances, tired marriages, true love, and true loss. In her column, she has it all figured out, but in her real life she is a lot less certain. Whether it's her own reservations about the traditional path of marriage and family, her difficulty finding someone she truly connects with, or the evolution of her friendships as her friends start to have their own families, Meredith finds herself looking for insight, just like her readers. As she searches for responses to their concerns, she's surprised to discover answers to her own. But it's after her mother is diagnosed with cancer that she truly realizes how special her Love Letters community is, how this column has enriched her life as much, if not more than, it has for its readers. CAN'T HELP MYSELF is the extraordinary (and often hilarious) story of a single woman navigating her mercurial love life, and a moving and poignant portrait of an amazing community of big-hearted, love-seeking allies.
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Eggs
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THE BEATLES
Help, I need somebody
Help, not just anybody
Help, you know I need someone, help
When I was younger, so much younger than today
I never needed anybody's help in any way
But now these days are gone, I'm not so self assured
Now I find I've changed my mind and opened up the doors
Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round

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SassyBookworm Help me get my feet back on the ground, won‘t you please please help me! I grew up listening to the Beatles! Love them!!! 5y
That-Bookish-Hiker Love the Beatles! Did you see the new movie that‘s coming out call Yesterday? https://www.imdb.com/videoplayer/vi1902426649 5y
kitteh_reads 💜💙💛❤️💚 The Beatles!!! I saw Ringo in concert once, AMAZING 😁 5y
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Eggs @That-Bookish-Hiker Oooo thanks for the tip❣️ 5y
Eggs @kitteh_reads I'm jelly😀 Ringo is the bomb!! 5y
kitteh_reads He was so charming and very funny 😂 @That-Bookish-Hiker I had no idea about this movie, I can't wait to see it!! 5y
DivineDiana @That-Bookish-Hiker That looks fantastic! 😀 5y
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DoingDewey
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I'm really enjoying this! There's just something so fun about seeing into other people's problems in an advice column and getting the advice giver's perspective is fascinating.

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Librarylady
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This book is the perfect blend of memoir and samplings from Goldstein‘s advice column.

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Audrey
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This was a totally charming and self aware memoir. Meredith has a lot of common sense and empathy and gives excellent advice to her letter writers. These were interweaved with her own family background and mother's illness. Now I want a cotton candy machine.

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jillrhudy
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Really fun. I‘d probably give it something like 3 1/2 stars out of 5. I need the author to curate the whole internet for me and pick out only the great comments. Goldstein talks about her own life and struggles as well as sharing from her “Love Letters” advice column. #relationships #selfhelp

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jillrhudy
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Little Fires Everywhere was weirding me out a little and I‘m sleep-deprived, so I took a break to read this compilation of letters to an advice columnist in Boston, complete with her answers and select comments. #relationships #selfhelp

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Penny_LiteraryHoarders
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These are the three from Grand Central Publishing.

See?!?! I need A LOT of quiet reading time!