All the Cool Girls Get Fired

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

Laura Brown author Kristina O'Neill author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Ebury Publishing

Published:16th Oct '25

£16.99

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Turn losing your job into an epic comeback with this unfiltered, comprehensive GPS guide to rebuilding your career on your terms, by two of New York's most powerful women in Media.
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'The setback is a setup'—Oprah Winfrey
'An indispensable tool for bouncing back'—Naomi Watts
'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 mean 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 first-hand 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 candour, humour, 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advice, and exclusive 'I’ve been there' interviews from inspirational women, All the Cool Girls Get Fired challenges outdated corner office perceptions of career success. You will learn how to:

  • Discover the best coping mechanisms and self-care practices
  • Nail your networking and outreach strategies
  • Stress-test your reinvention techniques

The book is a comprehensive GPS to navigate the path of career recovery and bounce back with more professional mojo than ever.

The setback is a setup. * OPRAH WINFREY *
All the Cool Girls Get Fired is a revolutionary book: an indispensable tool for bouncing back and sticking it to them! * NAOMI WATTS *
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. * ROSE BYRNE *
The worst things that happen to us often become our best anecdotes! This book is a perfect example of it! * DIANE VON FURSTENBERG *
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. * TORY BURCH *
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. * The New York Times *
Laura Brown and Kristina O’Neill explain how to make getting fired the best thing that happened to you. * The Telegraph *
All the Cool Girls Get Fired normalizes firing and takes the shame away from the experience. * Forbes *
A salve and a solve for anyone who has gotten kicked off the ladder, only to find the ladder no longer exists. * Harpers Bazaar *

ISBN: 9781529147025

Dimensions: 233mm x 154mm x 21mm

Weight: 349g

288 pages