What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding

A Memoir

"What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding is kind of like if Eat, Pray, Love were written by your funniest friend."—Rachel Dratch

Kristin Newman spent much of her twenties and thirties buying dresses to wear to her friends' weddings and baby showers. Not ready to settle down and in need of an escape from her fast-paced job as a sitcom writer, Kristin instead traveled the world, often alone, for several weeks each year. In addition to falling madly in love with the planet, Kristin fell for many attractive locals, men who could provide the emotional connection she wanted without costing her the freedom she desperately needed.

Kristin introduces listeners to the Israeli bartenders, Finnish poker players, sexy Bedouins, and Argentinean priests who helped her transform into "Kristin-Adjacent" on the road—a slower, softer, and, yes, sluttier version of herself at home. Equal parts laugh-out-loud storytelling, candid reflection, and wanderlust-inspiring travel tales, What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding is a compelling debut that will have listeners rushing to renew their passports.

©2014 Kristin Newman (P)2024 Tantor Media

Funny and wanderlust inducing

Very much played up the Vacation Romance/relationship, but also funny and sharing about each country she's visited

She is witty and tells it like it is

I enjoyed the ‘realness’ of the author, her humor, travels and storytelling . I also liked the message of trying new things, taking risks, having fun and stepping into the unknown.