Copyright © 2013 by Samantha Irby

All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, and distributed in Canada by Random House of Canada, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited, Toronto. Originally published in the United States by Curbside Splendor Publishing, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, in 2013.

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“My Mother, My Daughter” previously appeared on The Rumpus. “The Triplets” previously appeared in Another Chicago Magazine.

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