ELNA BAKER is a Mormon stand-up comedian and writer. She has performed in many of New York City’s hottest venues, including Caroline’s and the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre, as well as on NPR’s This American Life, and received grants for her work from Yaddo and Breadloaf. Baker lives in New York City.
“An original, witty piece of celibate chick lit. Baker is a
fish-out-of-water Mormon NYU grad who loses 80 pounds, tries acting
and stand-up comedy and, as you learn in the acknowledgments, ends
up chummy with Elizabeth Swados and Ira Glass. She has a genuine
but funny take on faith.”—The Boston Globe
“If I told you that Elna Baker had written a frank and
self-deprecating memoir about dating which is unlike any other
frank and self-deprecating memoir about dating, you probably would
not believe me. However, Baker is a Mormon. A peachy, astute, witty
27-year-old Mormon who has never had sex.”—Louise France, The
Observer (England)
“A funny, touching story about coming to the big city, where she
loses the certainty of her beliefs, if not her way.”—Sherryl
Connelly, New York Daily News
"A wickedly funny debut. Baker is both self-absorbed and generous,
whip-smart and naïve; she apologizes for none of it."—People
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