Start Without Me

The New York Times Bestseller!
Named one of Vulture''s ¿10 Best Comedy Books of 2022¿

From New York Times bestselling author, and Family Guy writer Gary Janetti comes Start Without Me, a collection of hilarious, laugh out loud, true life stories about the small moments that add up to a big life.

Gary Janetti is bothered. By a lot of things. And thank God he¿s here to tell us.

In Start Without Me, Gary returns with his acid tongue firmly in cheek to the moments and times that defined him. He takes us by the hand as we follow him through the summers he spends in his twenties, pursuing both the perfect tan and the perfect man to no avail and much regret. At his Catholic high school, he strikes up an unlikely friendship with a nun who shares Gary''s love of soap operas, which becomes a salvation to them both. And don''t get him started on how a bad hotel room can ruin even the best vacation. This laug