Everyone’s favorite Idiot Girl, Laurie Notaro, is just trying to find the right fit, whether it’s in the adorable blouse that looks charming on the mannequin but leaves her in a literal bind or in her neighborhood after she’s shamefully exposed at a holiday party by delivering a low-quality rendition of “Jingle Bells.” Notaro makes misstep after riotous misstep as she shares tales of marriage and … and family, including stories about the dog-bark translator that deciphers Notaro’s and her husband’s own “woofs” a little too accurately, the emails from her mother with “FWD” in the subject line (“which in email code means Forecasting World Destruction”), and the dead-of-night shopping sprees and Devil Dog–devouring monkeyshines of a creature known as “Ambien Laurie.” At every turn, Notaro’s pluck and irresistible candor set the New York Times bestselling author on a journey that’s laugh-out-loud funny and utterly unforgettable.
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I laughed and laughed. Well written and very funny. Targets women, especially those who have a bit of a whacky sense of humor.
Ready a few chapters and was bored. It’s the typical stuff about a fat lady not fitting into a thin world.
Humor is too shallow to really draw me in. Didn’t read the whole book because it seemed to be all about shopping and girly things. Probably should have expected that from the title, though.
This was the FUNNIEST book I’ve read in ages-maybe ever. I’ve recommended it to MANY friends. She has a way of hitting the truth as if she’d been inside my brain when I was in the dressing room, or trying to help my dad with the computer…just hilarious!
tried to like it, tried to just read it, couldn’t get past the first 50 pages.
Funny but each chapter dragged on so I found myself skipping to the next one.
It starts out hilarious. I was laughing so hard I couldn’t breathe, tears were streaming down my cheeks, and people were staring. After the first few chapters it’s like the author is just trying too hard. I don’t know.
i started the book but turned it off when the bathroom humor took over what was not a very interesting or particularly funny narrative.
cute, clever, but got a bit boring and redudant
Delightful Erma Bombeck type humor. There were laugh out loud and almost to tears chapters. I will be reading more of her.
Didn’t care for the writing. Didn’t finish this book.
Some down right laugh out loud moments in this, and it’s short so it’s a great small read when you aren’t up for something large and involved. I enjoyed it….made me laugh, and we women can relate. This is a funny woman.
I did not like this book at all. I found it to be childish, vulgar, potty humor. The situations show the vharacter to be selfish, lacking in empathy, and just plain mean.
Enjoyable, but not up to Erma Bombeck humor.
Tedious, boring unhappy dirge, rambling on and on about it’s one narcissistic rant. Ridiculous. Could only stand it for a few pages. Why was this drivel published and marketed as humor???
Humor a little hard for me to follow
First story was hilarious….doewnhill from there
I thought this book was hilarious! It’s not a story, more like a series of vignettes, but highly entertaining! I will look for more of her books in the future.
I laughed hysterically several times! The author has a unique way of phrasing things that make her book easy to relate to and fun to read.
Yep….this is a fun read. Those of us 50+ especially. I laughed and said: Been there, done that!