Publisher’s Description: 

As a child, Joanna Manning briefly believed that God was trying to kill her by poisoning her saliva, and her anxieties only escalated from there. In a mix of formal essays and slice-of-life vignettes, Now I Understand You delves into the anxieties underlying everyday life, including the universal fear that we may never truly be understood.

With tenderness and humor, Manning examines the ups and downs and absurdities of her own life and shows that, through it all, laughter has been some of the best medicine-second only, perhaps, to CBD.

Praise for Now I Understand You:

“Smart, funny, profound, and memorable, this book had me weepy, laughing, and shaking my head. Now I Understand You has made me appreciate my life more deeply than I ever have before.” —David Huddle, author of Only the Little Bone and The Faulkes Chronicle

Author’s Note:

For reasons that are too complex to get into here, I have parted ways with my distributor, and this book is no longer available in print. I have elected to preserve its original feel by scanning and archiving a physical copy of it, which I have made available through the link below.

Though I am sad to take my book out of distribution, I have no qualms about offering up my work for free. I only ask that if anything in the book resonates with you, please drop me a line to let me know. That’s payment enough for me.

Be well, and thank you for reading!

Joanna