Jenny Lawson realized that the most mortifying moments of our lives—the ones we’d like to pretend never happened—are in fact the ones that define us. In the #1 New York Times bestseller, Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, Lawson takes readers on a hilarious journey recalling her bizarre upbringing in rural Texas, her devastatingly awkward high school years, and her relationship with her long-suffering husband, Victor. Chapters include: “Stanley the Magical, Talking Squirrel”; “A Series of Angry Post-It Notes to My Husband”; “My Vagina Is Fine. Thanks for Asking”; “And Then I Snuck a Dead Cuban Alligator on an Airplane.” Pictures with captions (no one would believe these things without proof) accompany the text.
Jenny Lawson was at the Gaithersburg Book Festival this summer, but I didn't get to hear her speak. I had seen some Twitter buzz for her book as well so I was curious. Let me state upfront that I had not read her blog The Bloggess at all before reading this memoir.
I was kind blown away by the text being more a string of thoughts somehow linked together. The curse words kinda distracted me by the end of the book. I don't mind curse words, but the frequency was a little higher in this memoir than my comfort level. I now understand Lawson's need to include pictures to help prove she wasn't making up these stories - as they were very random and unbelieveable.
Overall this book was not my cup of tea, but if you are a fan of Lawson's blog this memoir would be a good read for you.
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