Bitch Buzz

“With honesty and wit, she describes growing up with a nomadic lesbian mother, being the only black kid on Catalina Island, getting cyber-stalked by an ex-boyfriend and getting over the suicide of a sorority sister. She’s not afraid to reveal anything, even her bra size.”
–The Washington Post

“Those who have had their fill of numbers will find Andrews’ story digestible because she establishes herself as an individual, proving that the women who fit into the “strong (single) black woman” category are more complex than the one-dimensional persona lets on.”
--The Associated Press

“Many of the essays in Andrews’ Bitch Is the New Black riff on being a black, single, professional woman in Washington, D.C., where the painfully shallow dating pool includes a disproportionate number of stalkers, workaholics, and ‘the Nigerian e-mail scam of ex-sorta-boyfriends.’ These pieces can be laugh-out-loud funny…But the richest essays are those about her unusual childhood. The only offspring of a single mother she describes affectionately as a ‘lesbian hippie.’”
–The St. Petersburg Times

“Andrews is black and black is in the title of the book, but at the risk of being stupidly obvious, I have to point out that 20-something and 30-something women, no matter what your race, will likely relate to her stories about finding her way in the world. (Very happy to see the book being included with reviews of funny books by white chicks! Go St. Petersburg Times!) And if you had a less-than-traditional upbringing, like I did, you will relate even more. But young women let me put in terms you might better understand: Dude, read this book. It’s awesome! Seriously.”
–Carleen Brice, author of Orange Mint and Honey

“Black women have been picked at, bitten off, suckled up and passed around for the world to snack on. I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for a book called Bitch is the New Black. The highly anticipated memoir is an honest and witty tale about a young black woman in America navigating a lesbian mother, abortion, Capitol Hill men and a racist media industry. While many of us were unprepared for the title…I assure you Bitch is the New Black is our kind of tasty centerpiece that we can have and eat too.”
–Clutch Magazine

“Bitch Is the New Black is an authentic fresh exploration of what it is to be young, black, and single right now—from a voice both outrageously funny and heartbreakingly honest.”
–Shonda Rhimes, creator of Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice

“I didn’t like this book. I loved it. It gave me the courage to admit that I slept with it and pretended it was my husband since statistics say I will probably be a spinster. I’m giving copies to all of my girlfriends who have crazy families, love lives that revolve around IM, and, of course, I’m pretending I helped Helena write it.”
–Angela Nissel, author of Mixed and The Broke Diaries