Beauty journalism, prescription drugs and New York magazine culture collide in Cat Marnell’s memoir How to Murder Your Life. She writes about working at publications including Lucky and xoJane while using stimulants, sleeping pills and other drugs heavily enough to damage relationships, health and employment. The book resists the tidy structure of a recovery memoir: relapse, self-sabotage and fascination with fashion or nightlife remain part of the voice even when consequences are obvious. Marnell’s prose is fast, funny and deliberately messy, with beauty products and office politics sharing space with addiction. The strongest shelf associations are media-industry autobiography, addiction writing, fashion journalism and New York cultural memoir. Read more Less
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