Jolie Kerr (born 1977) is an American writer and podcast host. Her book, ''My Boyfriend Barfed in My Handbag...and Other Things You Can't Ask Martha'', was a

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best-seller.

Career

Ask A Clean Person

Kerr began her writing career in 2011 with a cleaning advice column on The Hairpin called "Ask a Clean Person." Her writing has since appeared on ''

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described her as a "friendly, down-to-earth, judgement-free advice-giver."

''My Boyfriend Barfed in My Handbag''

In 2014, Kerr's book was published by Plume Books, a Penguin imprint. Writing for ''The New York Times'', Dwight Garner called ''My Boyfriend Barfed'' "the

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memoir, of cleaning tutorials... wise and funny new book." At

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praised Kerr as "at her most irresistible when she's handling the kinds of awkward questions that do traditionally go unanswered in your women's magazines and your perky home-maintenance shows." ''

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'' told readers: "This is going to sound like an oxymoron, but there is a genuinely amusing cleaning book out there. Really. I’m not kidding you."

Podcast

Kerr now hosts a podcast for

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, also called ''Ask A Clean Person''.

References

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