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About the Author

Mandy Stadtmiller is a comedian and columnist for The Daily Beast who has written for the New York Post, New York magazine, xoJane, the Washington Post, Time Out, Maxim, Penthouse, and many more. She lives in New York City with her husband.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Stadtmiller, Mandy, author.

Title: Unwifeable : a memoir / Mandy Stadtmiller.

Description: First Gallery Books hardcover edition. | New York : Gallery Books, [2018] |

Identifiers: LCCN 2017048816 (print) | LCCN 2018000414 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501174056 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501174032 (hardback)

Subjects: LCSH: Stadtmiller, Mandy. | Advice columnists—United States— Biography. | Women journalists—United States—Biography. | Interpersonal relations—United States. | Wit and humor. | BISAC: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.

Classification: LCC PN4874.S623 (ebook) | LCC PN4874.S623 A3 2017 (print) | DDC 070.4/44092 [B] —dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017048816

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ISBN 978-1-5011-7405-6 (ebook)