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Ali's Well That Ends Well: Tales of Desperation and a Little Inspiration

by Ali Wentworth

Pandemic-era family life, told in comic vignettes

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    New York Times Bestseller

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Pandemic-era family life, told in comic vignettes

Ali Wentworth gathers personal comic vignettes shaped by the disruptions of the Covid-19 pandemic. The collection moves through domestic routines and family upheaval—overbaking, television binges, TikTok, an early experience with Covid, and the transition toward an emptier nest—while also making room for friendship and unexpected sources of comfort. Framed around a year of sharp reversals, these pieces use everyday incidents to trace what changed, what proved difficult, and what Wentworth says she learned along the way.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adults interested in humorous personal essays about pandemic life
  • Readers who enjoy family- and friendship-centered humor
  • Fans of brief, anecdotal comic vignettes

Themes

Covid-19 pandemicFamily lifeFriendshipEmpty nestingEveryday absurdity

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Book overview

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Bestselling author Ali Wentworth offers a comedic look at family, friendship, and lessons learned during the Covid-19 pandemic in her new collection of laugh-out-loud comic vignettes.

Like many, Ali Wentworth spent the pandemic seesawing between highs, lows, and baking an unnecessary amount of chocolate cake. Between binging every tv show in existence to conquering TikTok to becoming a (semi) empty-nester, Ali experienced her share of turmoil (including an early case of Covid), but she also grew a little, learned a lot, and found comfort in some unexpected people and places.

In Ali's Well That Ends Well, Wentworth turns her gimlet eye to the year no one saw coming. With her signature irreverent style, she shares the most hysterical, absurd, and sometimes trying episodes that her family endured during the terrible global pandemic. Thoroughly relatable, absolutely charming, and filled with moments both hilarious and poignant, this terrific collection once again showcases the comedic genius of a beloved star who is "the girlfriend you want to have a glass of wine with, the one who makes you laugh because she sees the funny and the absurd in everything" (Huffington Post).

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