Popular blogger Stephanie Klein takes her life story from the little screen and into paperback in Straight Up and Dirty. With wit and charisma that matches her curly red hair, Klein takes us on a blunt, uncensored journey about living and growing from tragedy.

At age 29, Klein learns that her perfect “on paper” Jewish doctor husband is cheating with “Mrs. Robinson,” a 43-year-old socialite. Klein makes the tough decision of having an abortion instead of bringing a fatherless child into the world and then she she jumps into the circus of Manhattan dating through the Internet and random hook-ups in the Hamptons—all to fill a void in her life. Through phone therapy and “chicklet” time, she discovers that self-love and worth, as corny as it sounds, are most important to finding fulfillment in life. At the end of her memoir, she tell us, “Success isn’t about crossing things off life’s to-do list. It’s having the grace and fortitude to move through change, curls intact, and smiling.”

The book’s hilarious quirky tips are the best part, like how to get ready for a date in a hurry: “Febreze, fresh flowers, Frizz-Ease, a quick vagina cleaning, some sexy unmentionables and you’re ready. Oh yeah, perfume, but how French whore…Skip it. Okay, maybe I’d add a little.” It’s a great book to bring for a big weekend—Hampton-style.