No, I really do want things to move forward here, but I have the Mormon.’ ”īaker’s memoir, The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance, is out October 15. I consider myself a writer who happens to be Mormon, though on dates, I tend to introduce that fact as if it were an STD. Then I went to Tisch-my parents were terrified-and I had a mentor who took an interest in me and encouraged me to tell my stories at the Moth. I had no concept that this was something you could ever make a living off of, it was just this thing that I did. I was chubby, and I remember I told this funny story to my classmates, and then they all wanted to be my friend. And my follow-up question was, “When do we graduate from church?” I was disappointed to find out the word for graduating from church was “death.” So I was always questioning my faith to a certain extent.
Baker is both self-absorbed and generous, whip-smart and naïve she apologizes for none of it.My mother tells this story: When I was 6, I’d just started school and didn’t necessarily enjoy it, so I asked my mom what the word for being done with school was. A peachy, astute, witty 27-year-old Mormon who has never had sex."- Louise France, The Observer (England ) "A funny, touching story about coming to the big city, where she loses the certainty of her beliefs, if not her way."- Sherryl Connelly, New York Daily News "A wickedly funny debut. She has a genuine but funny take on faith."- The Boston Globe "If I told you that Elna Baker had written a frank and self-deprecating memoir about dating which is unlike any other frank and self-deprecating memoir about dating, you probably would not believe me. Baker is a fish-out-of-water Mormon NYU grad who loses 80 pounds, tries acting and stand-up comedy and, as you learn in the acknowledgments, ends up chummy with Elizabeth Swados and Ira Glass. Baker is both self-absorbed and generous, whip-smart and nave she apologizes for none of it."- People, "An original, witty piece of celibate chick lit. A peachy, astute, witty 27-year-old Mormon who has never had sex."- Louise France, The Observer (England ) "A funny, touching story about coming to the big city, where she loses the certainty of her beliefs, if not her way."- Sherryl Connelly, New York Daily News "A wickedly funny debut. Three years ago, the comedienne and storyteller Elna Baker published her memoir, The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance. "An original, witty piece of celibate chick lit.
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