Samantha Bee writes comic essays drawn from autobiography, popular culture and the indignities of everyday adult life. I Know I Am, But What Are You? moves through childhood, family, work and awkward personal encounters in short pieces written in the same dry, sharp voice associated with her television comedy. Where Are My Glasses? turns towards ageing, menopause and the practical absurdities of getting older, using personal experience rather than a conventional self-help framework. Bee’s books are conversational, irreverent and anecdote-led, with exaggeration used to expose embarrassment rather than to build a sustained political argument. I Know I Am, But What Are You? is the main comic-memoir entry point, while Where Are My Glasses? turns the same irreverent essay style towards ageing and menopause. Read more Less
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