In this thought-provoking, humorous collection of essays, the author of Weird But Normal and morning blogger at The Cut explores kindness, agreeability, goodness, and the assumptions and expectations that come with being female, Asian, and Midwestern. Everyone knows Midwesterners are salt-of-the-earth folk defined by their goodness, niceness, and politeness... right? In this funny, wide-ranging collection, Mia Mercado ponders her identity as an Asian woman living in the Midwest, including what "nice" means-and why anyone would want to be it. Drawing on a wide range of subjects, including her body, her dog, trash reality television, bizarre Tweets from strangers, and her high school science teacher, she uncovers weird, long-overdue truths about ourselves, our frailty, and our failings-seeing them not as a source of shame, but a cause for celebration

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