Nerdy Thirty
Wendy Townley

Endearing, Intimate and Accessible
By Christopher Heuertz

With a honed gift for bringing the ordinary to life, Wendy Townley is a literary voice on the ascendancy. Her brilliant new book 'Nerdy Thirty' is thick with story, textured with irony and colorful with humor. Her reflections on the undramatic are courageously honest and heart-felt, captivatingly hilarious and at times tinged with the ironic sadness that accompanies each of our coming of age.

I couldn't help but want to put the book down so to savor it and prolong the pleasure of its parlance, but found myself finishing it in one sitting. Completely human, welcoming and accessible, 'Nerdy Thirty' is a snapshot of what it means to be the very best of ourselves. Though a self-proclaimed, "grown-up nerd," Wendy's meandering reflections are more than a mere coming-of-age story, but are profoundly intimate, delightful and refreshing.