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Bei Wilf zieht ein neuer Nachbar ein. Er heißt Alan, ist ein Superschurke und tüftelt den ganzen Tag an ziemlich bösen Weltzerstörungsplänen herum. In diesen Plänen spielen Hamster, ein schwebender Panzer, Haie und ein großes Gewehr-Dingsbums eine Rolle. So verrückt Alans Pläne auch scheinen, Wilf wird klar, dass nur er allein die Welt vor diesem Superschurken retten kann. Das einzige Problem ist, dass er dazu zumindest für eine Weile seine vielen Ängste überwinden muss.

Multi-award-winning television writer and producer Georgia Pritchett knows a thing or two about anxiety. From worrying about the monsters under her bed as a child (Were they comfy enough?), to embracing womanhood (One way of knowing you have crossed from girlhood to womanhood is that men stop furtively masturbating at you from bushes and start shouting things at you from cars. It's a beautiful moment.) to being offered free gifts after an award ceremony (It was an excruciating experience. Mortifying.) worry has accompanied her at every turn.

Things Wilf was worried about before: 1) Stuffed animals. 2) Peanut Butter. 3) Creepy crawlies that have waggly feeler things instead of eyes. Things Wilf is worried about now: 4) The most evil man in the world. 5) The most evil man in the world living next door. 6) Anyone called Alan. When Alan...

“Georgia Pritchett is a singularly hilarious person. Her book is a delightful and perfect reflection of her. Its tenderness sneaks up on you and really packs a punch. What a magnificent read!”—Julia Louis Dreyfus Jenny Lawson meets Nora Ephron in this joyful memoir-in-vignettes on...