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Nightingale: Michelle Rial’s New Book, Maybe This Will Help, Feels Like a Hug From a Friend (With Charts!!)

Based on Michelle’s first book of charts, Am I Overthinking This?, and the teaser images I had seen on social media, I expected Maybe This Will Help to be another wryly funny book of cleverly-designed graphics. And it is—but what I was not expecting were the deeply personal essays that elevate it from a clever coffee table book to something more thought-provoking and more, well, helpful.

Literary Hub: The Theory of (Artistic) Relativity, Illustrated

The Creative Independent: On creating work while living with chronic pain

New Yorker: Wait, but Have You Tried—

BuzzFeed: 11 Charts To Make You Feel Better About Not Feeling Better


Wired: 52 Amazing Gifts You'll Want to Keep for Yourself:

Her delightful visuals dissect modern anxieties with real-life objects: reliance on single-­use plastics plotted with a flexi straw, the rate of climate change measured on an X-Y graph using a burnt, upwardly curved matchstick.

Real Simple: Everything our editors are buzzing about this month

If decisions feel daunting, refer to this book of amusingly overwrought charts and diagrams.

Book Riot: 24 of the best books to gift your loved ones in 2019:

I love this book: it’s creative, witty, pretty, and insightful.

Chicago Tribune: 18 affordable ways to make adulting much easier

Author Michelle Rial helps to separate what's important and what's not in a humorous, artful, and digestible way.

BuzzFeed: These Charts Perfectly Illustrate The Things We’re Overthinking

Refinery29: The Perfect Book For Every Person In Your Life This Holiday Season

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Kottke.org: Holiday Gift Guide

Book Depository: Top Art and Coffee Table Gift Books


Did I screw up? How do I achieve work-life balance? Am I eating too much cheese? Do I have too many plants? Through artful charts and funny, insightful questions, Michelle Rial delivers a playful take on the little dilemmas that loom large in the mind of every adult. It hopes to be a reminder that there isn’t always one right answer—and that, sometimes, the only answer is to pick a path and keep moving.


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