Can't Even

Meticulously researched… astutely observed… extremely enlightening * Guardian *Urgent and insightful book… Read this and get a much-needed perspective * Stylist *An intelligent and well-researched analysis… To those born into the same generation, its truth is searing * Sunday Times *A readable, well-researched guide to a generation * The Times, Book of the Week *Relevant to everyone living under capitalism * New Statesman *The author is astute in unpicking the many factors that led to a whole generation feeling constantly exhausted… Can’t Even is comforting in its insistence that it’s not your fault you feel this tired… genuinely enlightening… Can’t Even is a reminder to the burned out generation that things can be different – Holly Williams * Observer *Whether you’re looking for solutions or just looking to feel seen, Can’t Even is a can’t-miss * Harper’s Bazaar, “27 Best Books of 2020” *Reading this incredible book, I had the overwhelming feeling of someone arranging the chaotic fragments of my life into a cohesive whole. Can’t Even felt like a field guide, a mirror, and an absolution. Compassionate, wise, and incisive, it is a defining work about a generation defined by work – Ed Yong, author of I Contain Multitudes[A] razor sharp book of cultural criticism…With blistering prose and all-too vivid reporting, Petersen lays bare the burnout and despair of millennials, while also charting a path to a world where members of her generation can feel as if the boot has been removed from their necks * Esquire *We think of capitalism as a way of organizing an economy. But given enough time, it goes beyond that: It organizes our lives, our hopes, our relationships. Anne Helen Petersen has written an analytically precise, deeply empathic book about the psychic toll modern capitalism has taken on those shaped by it. Can’t Even is essential to understanding our age, and ourselves – Ezra Klein, Vox co-founder and author of Why We’re Polarized

Anne Helen Petersen, a former senior culture writer for BuzzFeed News, now writes her newsletter, Culture Study, as a full-time venture on Substack. Petersen received her PhD at the University of Texas at Austin, where she focused on the history of celebrity gossip. Her previous books, Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud and Scandals of Classic Hollywood, were featured in NPR, Elle, and the Atlantic. She lives in Missoula, Montana.

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