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Rookie Mistakes

A Grown-Up's Field Guide for Getting Your Act Together

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In her highly anticipated nonfiction debut, comedian Kelly Bandas uses her trademark humor to recount stories of growing up and becoming a semifunctional adult in a dysfunctional world.

Raised in a devoutly Catholic home, Kelly Bandas spent her entire childhood trying hard not to tick off "the man" or the Lord. And for the most part, she crushed it. But as she got older and began to navigate what it looked like to truly live in a world where gender roles, race, and politics weren't always so black and white, Kelly realized that her former worldview was beginning to feel like that pair of Forever 21 jeans that used to glide effortlessly over her hips but now required a lot of stretching and acrobatic maneuvering to shimmy into place. And she's not alone.

In Rookie Mistakes, Kelly shares stories of growing up in a church-centered, male-dominated society and how those experiences shaped and primed her for a new chapter of life. In this debut collection of essays, Kelly shares:

  • Funny, fast-paced, and uplifting stories
  • Encouragement for women who are tired of feeling like they will never measure up—and kind of don't want to anyway
  • Inspiration to find your voice, your power, and your people
  • Kelly shares everything from laugh-out-loud accounts of Oregon Trail-themed first kisses to heartfelt insights gleaned from navigating life as a Christian feminist doing her best not to screw up being a parent of a child with a disability, in a trans-racial family.

    Rookie Mistakes is the call-to-action millennial women everywhere have been waiting for.

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      • Publisher's Weekly

        May 9, 2022
        Comedian Bandas debuts with an amusing collection of essays on faith and messing up. Bandas suggests that “it’s through sharing our screw-ups and changes of heart that we can forge true connections and grow throughout the course of our lives,” and to that end she shares life lessons couched in humorous personal stories that touch on growing up Catholic, living with obsessive compulsive disorder, and the trials of motherhood. The author tells of how she was hired to be an ambassador for the Boston Red Sox when she was a teenager and became overwhelmed by imposter syndrome before realizing that “never have I ever stopped something bad from happening because I spent a whole lot of time worrying about it.” She describes struggling to cultivate a personal relationship with God because of the “gatekeeperish nature” of Christianity, but reports that her outlook changed when God answered her prayers asking for a sign that she should adopt a child. Self-effacing humor and pop culture references keep things lighthearted and entertaining (“Punky Brewster would never,” Bandas writes of forgetting to feed her childhood pet guinea pig for a week). Readers will be charmed by these rollicking anecdotes.

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