Laura Brown

Kristina O'Neill

All the Cool Girls Get Fired is a revolutionary book: an indispensable tool for bouncing back and sticking it to them!

Screw shame—and eff failure while you're at it. From the practical to the emotional, Cool Girls will reboot you when you need it the most. To all the fired ladies out there: congratulations, you just got cooler.

The worst things that happen to us often become our best anecdotes! This book is a perfect example of it!

All the Cool Girls Get Fired is sharp, irreverent, and refreshingly honest. An inspiring book for anyone who wants to challenge convention and write their own rules.

All the Cool Girls Get Fired is a celebration of resilience and authenticity in the midst of life's unexpected twists. Brown and O'Neill deliver a raw, honest, and fiercely funny take on finding strength through vulnerability. A rallying cry for anyone ready to turn a setback into the coolest comeback.

AMY GRIFFIN, New York Times bestselling author of The Tell

Part memoir, part unemployment handbook and part self-help manual [...] covers subjects that have only become more relevant as firings, layoffs and economic uncertainty have become topics of daily conversation.

Laura Brown and Kristina O’Neill explain how to make getting fired the best thing that happened to you.

All the Cool Girls Get Fired normalizes firing and takes the shame away from the experience.

A salve and a solve for anyone who has gotten kicked off the ladder, only to find the ladder no longer exists.

A practical guide engaging experts, but written in the voice of magazine editors who know nothing better than how to engage a reader and make her feel seen.

How to Let Go of Being Let Go and Come Back on Top

***AS HEARD ON RADIO 4'S WOMAN'S HOUR*** 
 
An indispensable tool for bouncing back'—Naomi Watts 
'The setback is a setup'—Oprah Winfrey 
'Will reboot you when you need it the most'—Rose Byrne 
 
So, you got fired, laid off, restructured, canned. Welcome to the club, baby! In today’s seismically changing job market, getting fired doesn’t automatically meet you failed; it’s a rite of passage. 
 
With their decades of experience in high-stakes leadership roles, Laura Brown and Kristina O’Neill know firsthand the challenges—and thrilling opportunities—that come with losing a job, no matter where you are in your career. They’ve been through the shock, grief, anger, and confusion, and they’re here to help you navigate the experience. All the Cool Girls Get Fired is both a roadmap and a mindset shift—a pragmatic, empowering and humorous way to make lemonade from lemons. 
 
With candor, humor, actionable advice, and exclusive “I’ve been there,” interviews from inspirational women, All the Cool Girls Get Fired challenges outdated corner office perceptions of career success. From coping mechanisms and self-care practices to networking strategies and reinvention techniques, the book is a comprehensive GPS to navigate the path of career recovery and bounce back with more professional mojo than ever.

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Praise for All the Cool Girls Get Fired

All the Cool Girls Get Fired is a revolutionary book: an indispensable tool for bouncing back and sticking it to them!

The setback is a setup.

Screw shame—and eff failure while you're at it. From the practical to the emotional, Cool Girls will reboot you when you need it the most. To all the fired ladies out there: congratulations, you just got c ...

All the Cool Girls Get Fired is a revolutionary book: an indispensable tool for bouncing back and sticking it to them!

The setback is a setup.

Screw shame—and eff failure while you're at it. From the practical to the emotional, Cool Girls will reboot you when you need it the most. To all the fired ladies out there: congratulations, you just got c ...

All the Cool Girls Get Fired is a revolutionary book: an indispensable tool for bouncing back and sticking it to them!

The setback is a setup.

Screw shame—and eff failure while you're at it. From the practical to the emotional, Cool Girls will reboot you when you need it the most. To all the fired ladies out there: congratulations, you just got c ...

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