Today I Will Nourish My Inner Martyr - by Sarah Wells & Ann Thornhill (Paperback)

About the Book

Are you fed up with pantywaist affirmations that ignore the pleasures of resentment and mean-spiritedness? Put away the chicken soup. What your soul really needs is a helping of acrid stew. Authors Sarah Wells and Ann Thornhill have gathered 365 splendidly bitter meditations that will appeal to the cynic in everyone. This book says, "Life's a pain; I'm a victim and proud of it".

Book Synopsis

Tonight, by moonlight, I will rake my
leaves into my neighbor's yard.
Had it up to here with sugary-sweet affirmation books that ignore the pleasures of resentment and mean-spiritedness? Tired of the self-helpaholics who've been sipping too much chicken soup? Then this book is for you.
Here are 365 splendidly bitter daily meditations that will appeal to the cynic in you. Nowhere else will you find such odes to self-absorption as:
-Today I will equate material possessions with love.
-Today I will taunt others until they cry, then tell them they are too sensitive.
-Today I will make a new friend based solely on how he or she can further my career.
-Today I will respect my need to sabotage everyone else's success.

Review Quotes

Tonight, by moonlight, I will rake my
leaves into my neighbor's yard.

About the Author

Ann Thornhill and Sarah Wells consider themselves seasoned victims of the self-help craze. Friends since college, they live in Pittsburgh, where Ann is a freelance writer and Sarah is a practicing therapist.