I found this book by way of a circuitous route. A Facebook friend “liked”
a blog post by the author. I started reading that blog, then I went to her
website, then I found her book.
So, the book, Let's Pretend This Never Happened: (A MostlyTrue Memoir) is by Jenny Lawson. It’s quirky and funny and reminds me a little
of David Sedaris. Her over-arching message is to embrace the weird stuff about
yourself; it’s what makes you you. It isn’t raucously funny, but it’s funny.
What I liked most about it is her very original voice.
She recounts a few arguments with her husband – some of them
carried on in Post-It notes. On one of them she writes “I poisoned something in
the refrigerator. Good luck with that.” I suppose that sounds a bit mean, but
in the context of the story she is telling, it’s funny.
I also have this book in print and am willing to share!
- Read the Washington Post review of this book
- Visit Jenny’s Lawson’s blog: The Bloggess
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