Let's pretend this never happened (a mostly true memoir)

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Published Nov. 8, 2012 by G.P. Putnam's Sons.

ISBN:
978-0-399-15901-5
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OCLC Number:
759911084

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When Jenny Lawson was little, all she ever wanted was to fit in. That dream was cut short by her fantastically unbalanced father and a morbidly eccentric childhood. It did, however, open up an opportunity for Lawson to find the humor in the strange shame-spiral that is her life, and we are all the better for it.

In the irreverent Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, Lawson’s long-suffering husband and sweet daughter help her uncover the surprising discovery that the most terribly human moments—the ones we want to pretend never happened—are the very same moments that make us the people we are today. For every intellectual misfit who thought they were the only ones to think the things that Lawson dares to say out loud, this is a poignant and hysterical look at the dark, disturbing, yet wonderful moments of our lives.

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reviewed Let's pretend this never happened (a mostly true memoir) by Jennie Goodrich

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It's crass; it's shocking; it's mostly hilarious!

I was first introduced to The Bloggess when someone posted her entry about Beyonce the giant metal chicken. The entire book is made up of such anecdotes from the author's life.

Great summer read.

reviewed Let's pretend this never happened (a mostly true memoir) by Jennie Goodrich

Review of "Let's pretend this never happened (a mostly true memoir)" on 'Goodreads'

Jenny Lawson is a funny lady. She's just my kind of sassy, neurotic and rude. When this book works, it's because she's writing with her own voice, the same voice you hear on her blog. When this book doesn't work -- which is, unfortunately, most of the time -- it's because someone took that same voice and tried to hit it with the literary stick. What you get is a dull hybrid that falls too flat to be any way engaging. It's a shame. Although I'd say this is almost certainly first-time jitters and her next book will be something special.

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