Gina School

GINA SCHOOL offers open, early, and rolling admissions, perpetual latecomers, mature students, speed readers, book groups, gloriously erudite librarians, anxious applicants in need of reassurance, writers in need of prompts, and gift givers. Extravagantly illustrated, provocative, reassuring and witty, GINA SCHOOL— a gorgeously delicate yet voluptuous volume — is virtually impossible to resist as an emotional support book, a motivating tome, and a daily inspiration source. GINA SCHOOL reassures readers that they are not alone, they are not nuts, and that laughing together is as close as you can get to another person without hugging them. You never have to graduate from GINA SCHOOL and will return with delight, given that it pairs just as well with coffee and cake, cheese and fruit, espresso and champagne—and, if you wish, a cap and gown.

From the Introduction:

This introduction came easy—I’m simply doing what I’ve done since that glorious day when I could afford the co-pay for therapy: I’m attempting to provide an origin story and a justification for existence. The passages here grow from experiences and ideas planted long ago and, like invitations chalked on handmade signs along rural routes during times of harvest, I invite you to pick your own. (Personally, I don’t go outdoors and rarely walk on unpaved surfaces if I can help it, but I have seen those signs. Or photographs of them.)

Possessing a delightful (some would say enthralling) habit of knowing precisely what people need to hear, it’s virtually imperative for me to dispense wisdom. It’s almost a vice, really, but with all the good I’ve done in the world, nobody could say that (at least not to my face and not more than once). It’s hard to control the urge to shout advice at unsuspecting schmoes.