{"title":"Emer O’Toole","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally from the West of Ireland, \u003cstrong\u003eEmer O’Toole\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches performance, theatre and Irish studies at Concordia University. Along with her impressive academic credentials and publications, she is the author of \u003cem\u003eGirls Will Be Girls\u003c\/em\u003e (Orion, 2015), a humorous and thoughtful take on gender as performance, now translated into French, Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Icelandic and Korean. O’Toole’s gleeful refusal to shave her body hair made her an internet star of the 2010s. More recently, she has published \u003cem\u003eContemporary Irish Theatre and Social Change: Activist Aesthetics\u003c\/em\u003e (Routledge, 2024). She lives in Montréal, QC.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"9781771624886","title":"Do It Yourself : A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch6\u003eDescription\u003c\/h6\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA sharp, funny novel about a single mom who reinvents herself as a DIY influencer, only to find her online life dragging up old ghosts and sparking new chaos.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKaty MacIsaac is in her forties when her husband dumps her for someone younger, fitter and, Katy suspects, smarter. Reeling, she lands in a dingy Ottawa condo with her two daughters and a dead-end job. To counter her loneliness, Katy throws herself into fixing up the condo. She films her projects for social media, punctuating them with no-holds-barred monologues about men, marriage and her ex’s shiny new love (naming no one, of course).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer helpful yet fiery videos go viral. Soon Katy is juggling sponsors, merch, thousands of followers and a queer polyamorous fling. But Katy’s rants spark online fallout. As the internet drama spirals into real-world consequences, Katy is forced to reckon with her anger, her insecurities and her own choices. Brimming with heart, humour and bite, \u003cem\u003eDo It Yourself\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of a woman rebuilding not just her condo, but her confidence and her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch6\u003eDetails \u003c\/h6\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDouglas \u0026amp; McIntyre\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781771624886\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e6 in x 9 in - 288 pp\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: 15\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003eBISAC Subject(s): FICTION \/ Literary,FICTION \/ Humorous \/ General,FICTION \/ Women \u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Douglas \u0026 McIntyre","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":47664672375042,"sku":"9781771624886","price":26.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0469\/8229\/9803\/files\/9781771624886.jpg?v=1776248506"}],"url":"https:\/\/douglas-mcintyre.com\/collections\/emer-o-toole.oembed","provider":"Douglas \u0026 McIntyre","version":"1.0","type":"link"}