Irby is 40 and increasingly uncomfortable in her own skin despite what Inspirational Instagram Infographics have promised her.

In this edgy and unabashedly raunchy new collection of hilarious essays, she draws on the raw, hilarious particulars of her new life as a “cheese fry-eating slightly damp Midwest person,” “with neck pain and no cartilage in [her] knees,” who still hides past due bills under her pillow. Wow, No Thank You. is Irby at her most unflinching, riotous, and relatable.