Jenny Lawson is a columnist and one of the most popular bloggers on Twitter (hundreds of thousands of followers). Her blog, www.thebloggess.com, averages between 2-3 million page views per month. Jenny lives in the Texas Hill Country with her husband and daughter.
"Even when I was funny, I wasn't this funny." --Augusten Burroughs,
author of "Running With Scissors" and "This is How"
"There's something wrong with Jenny Lawson--magnificently wrong. I
defy you to read her work and not hurt yourself laughing." --Jen
Lancaster
"Let's Pretend This Never Happened" won Goodread's Best Humor Book
of 2012 and was chosen as one of Hudson Bookseller's Best Books of
2012
"Even when I was funny, I wasn''t this funny." --Augusten
Burroughs, author of "Running With Scissors" and "This is How"
"There's something wrong with Jenny Lawson--magnificently wrong. I
defy you to read her work and not hurt yourself laughing." --Jen
Lancaster
"There's something wrong with Jenny Lawson-magnificently wrong. I
defy you to read her work and not hurt yourself laughing."
-Jen Lancaster
"The Bloggess writes stuff that actually is laugh-out-loud, but you
know that really you shouldn't be laughing and probably you'll go
to hell for laughing, so maybe you shouldn't read it. That would be
safer and wiser."
-Neil Gaiman
"Jenny Lawson is hilarious, snarky, witty, totally inappropriate,
and 'Like Mother Teresa, Only Better.'"
-"Marie Claire" magazine
"Jenny Lawson's writing is nothing less than revolutionary. . . . I
say this without a hint of exaggeration: She may be one of the most
progressive women's voices of our time."
-Karen Walrond, author of "The Beauty of Different"
In this sarcastic and sidesplitting memoir, blogger and journalist Jenny Lawson-famous for her persona, the Bloggess-describes her childhood in Wall, Tex., her experiences with marriage and motherhood, and how she became a mature adult (sort of). Lawson fans will love listening to the author recounting her life in her own voice, from getting her arm stuck up a cow's vagina to her first acid trip and misinterpretation of her husband's marriage proposal as a murder attempt. Listeners unfamiliar with Lawson's style may grow tired of her profanity and, at times, over-the-top attempts at derisive humor, but even her biggest critics will find themselves giggling when her taxidermist father throws a bobcat into her future husband's lap. From the start (and the title), Lawson admits to embellishing details of her life, but her West Texas accent adds a sweet authenticity to her tall tales. She also touches on serious topics, such as her series of miscarriages and severe anxiety disorder, softening her delivery to fit the material. And Lawson knows her material so well that her performance seems more like a standup than traditional narration, making this audiobook both entertaining and engaging. A Putnam/Amy Einhorn hardcover. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Lawson, who may be best known for her blog thebloggess.com, offers a slice of her life from an irreverent point of view. All she's ever wanted is to fit in, but her family, particularly her father, made that dream impossible. She has, however, honed her childhood stories, the weirdest parts being the "mostly true," into wry and strange vignettes about her longings. She reads the work herself, giving listeners a sense of her voice. VERDICT Those who enjoy short, self-deprecating, semiautobiographical works will like this popular memoir. [The Amy Einhorn/Putnam hc was a New York Times best seller.-Ed.]-Pam Kingsbury, Univ. of North Alabama, Florence (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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