Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? Explained

Italic Title:	Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Author:	Mindy Kaling
Title Working:	The Contents of My Purse
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Genre:	Memoir
Publisher:	Crown Publishing Group
Published:	November 1, 2011
Pages:	420
Isbn:	978-0307886279
Followed By:	Why Not Me?

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) is a 2011 memoir by writer and actress Mindy Kaling. The book was on the New York Times Bestsellers list for 5 weeks.^[1]

Background

In 2010 Crown Publishing Group announced that it acquired a book from Kaling, and described it as a cross between the Nora Ephron play Love, Loss and What I Wore and Kaling's blog "Things I've Bought That I Love." The book was originally titled The Contents of My Purse.^[2]

Synopsis

Kaling tells stories from her life and details her observations about love, friendship, Hollywood, dieting, her relationship with her mother, among other things.^[3]

Reception

Jen Chaney of The Washington Post called the book "a breezy, intermittently amusing and somewhat unfocused first essay collection."^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bestsellers: Hardcover Nonfiction. 18 December 2011. The New York Times. 24 February 2018.
2. News: ITZKOFF. DAVE . 22 April 2010 . After 'Office' Hours, Mindy Kaling Writes a Book . The New York Times. 24 February 2018 .
3. Web site: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) . npr.com . NPR. 24 February 2018 .
4. News: Chaney. Jen . 11 November 2011 . 'Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns),' by Mindy Kaling . The Washington Post . 24 February 2018.