Tell Everyone on This Train I Love Them

A witty, moving, and topical collection of essays, about a country that seems broken into pieces, and finding the light that shines through the cracks, from Irish comedian Maeve Higgins, author of Maeve in America.As a relative newcomer to the United States, Maeve Higgins can see with gimlet eyes that our country is flawed. But that doesn't stop her from loving it. With piercing political commentary, and a perfect mix of sweetness and saltiness, these essays seek to shine a light on different pockets of America, warts and all.Maeve attends the 2020 Border Security Expo in an attempt to understand the future of our borders, and remains flummoxed by the ubiquity of casual firearms. Maeve visits a statue of a teenage girl in a tracksuit on horseback, as she interrogates the purpose of monuments, and what responsibility we have to preserving relics of the past. And after mistaking edibles for innocent candies, Maeve gets way too high at Paper Source.Most of all, Maeve wants to leave this country and this planet better than she found it. And that may mean showing lots of love, even when it's difficult to do so. Threaded through these pieces is love for strangers, love for best friends who say just the right thing, love for trees, love for Tom Hardy, love for those with differing opinions, love for the glamorous older women of Brighton Beach in tattooed eyeliner and gold jewelry, and love for everybody on this crazy train we call humanity.

SECOND BOOK WITH PENGUIN: We published Maeve's collection, Maeve in America, in 2018 to great critical acclaim.AN EXPERIENCED AUTHOR AND A GREAT PROMOTER: Maeve has published two bestselling memoirs in the UK and Ireland, written for The New York Times, and appeared on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. She recently appeared in her first feature film, Extra Ordinary, with Will Forte and Claudia O'Doherty. She is plugged in, personable, and incredibly media-savvy.IN A CLASS OF UP-AND-COMING WOMEN IN COMEDY: Consumers have a growing appetite for comedy by women, and Maeve is well-connected as part of a group of female comedians that includes Maria Bamford, Aparna Nancherla, and Kristen Schaal. She has appeared on Amy Schumer's TV show Inside Amy Schumer, as well as Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams's podcast 2 Dope Queens.FUNNY AND TOPICAL: This is a different, more critical direction for Maeve. Her first book with Penguin, Maeve in America (2018), was more dependent on personal essays. These essays take a more global lens and reflect on what all of us, as a society, have been going through over the last few years. Maeve has a rare ability to tackle fairly serious topics with humor, grace, intelligence, and an utter lack of pretension. Whether she's writing about immigration or a bad experience with edibles, you, the reader, just want to be along for the ride. You will devour these essays and feel better and smarter for it.