Book description
I'm Perfect, You're Doomed
is the story of Kyria Abrahams's coming-of-age as a Jehovah's Witness --
a doorbell-ringing "Pioneer of the Lord." Her childhood was
haunted by the knowledge that her neighbors and schoolmates were doomed
to die in an imminent fiery apocalypse; that Smurfs were evil; that just
about anything you could buy at a yard sale was infested by demons; and
that Ouija boards -- even if they were manufactured by Parker Brothers
-- were portals to hell. Never mind how popular you are when you hand
out the Watchtower instead of candy at Halloween.
When Abrahams turned eighteen, things got even stranger. That's when
she found herself married to a man she didn't love, with adultery her
only way out. "Disfellowshipped" and exiled from the only
world she'd ever known, Abrahams realized that the only people who
could save her were the very sinners she had prayed would be smitten
by God's wrath.
Raucously funny, deeply unsettling, and written with scorching wit
and deep compassion, I'm Perfect, You're Doomed explores the
ironic absurdity of growing up believing that nothing matters because
everything's about to be destroyed.
"Abrahams provides readers with a profound
anecdotal look of growing up as a Jehovah Witness" -- Harriet
Klausner, Genre Go Round
Kyria Abrahams was a regular columnist for Jest
Magazine for several years, where she was featured alongside
performers and writers from The Daily Show and Chappelle's
Show. As a standup comic, Comedy Central twice selected her as one
of ten semi-finalists for the Boston Laugh Riots Competition. She has
also been a repeat performer at alternative comedy shows like
"Eating It" and "Invite them Up," as well as
literary readings like "How to Kick People"--each of them
places where the likes of Jon Stewart, Janeane Garafalo, Patton
Oswalt, Fred Armisen, and David Cross have appeared. Raised in
Providence, Rhode Island she now lives in Queens, New York.
