Everand is pleased to announce Let’s Tidy Up: The Book, a new Everand Original from Josh Thomas, comedian and creator/star of the hit TV series Please Like Me and Everything’s Gonna Be Okay. Based on Josh’s globally successful one-man show, Let’s Tidy Up: The Book is available September 18th, 2024 as an ebook and audiobook exclusively on Everand.
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The book chronicles Josh’s Herculean effort to organize his home — and life — in intimate, hilarious detail. Recounting the experiences that shaped him through the lens of his many belongings and the struggle to part ways with them, Josh reflects on his ADHD and autism diagnoses, friendship, loss, life in Hollywood, and whatever else happens to enter his mind — including his tumultuous relationship with the boy he’s been “most in love with” (who, by the way, also happens to be named Josh). This is by no means a comprehensive list; after all, he has an awful lot of tidying up to do.
Let’s Tidy Up: The Book includes added stories beyond the live show about Josh’s quest for tidiness, and features the same comic sensibility with a touch of the disarming vulnerability and frankness that defined his stage performance. Part memoir, part comedy, part critique of earwax-cleaning cameras advertised on social media (plus, every other buy-with-one-click item), Let’s Tidy Up: The Book is a celebration of self-acceptance, especially the messy parts. Told as only Josh Thomas could, this book is for anyone trying to live in the modern world — particularly those who are terrified of cleaning their homes.
Critical praise for the Let’s Tidy Up live show:
“For a show that is ostensibly about one of the most mundane of domestic tasks, Let’s Tidy Up belies some pretty profound wisdom.” – Time Out
“…Thomas takes satisfying aim at the self-improvement culture that is endemic to America, Instagram, capitalism and celebrity culture.” – The Guardian
