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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This book is fine for people who like fart jokes and plenty of them. More crass than comedic.
Light-hearted, easy to read, perfect if you’ve had a bad day and need something to make you laugh out loud!
This book was so clever and so much fun to read. Very entertaining
This book is a nice time out from the worries of everyday life. Laurie takes the woes of growing older, and interacting with others during some challenging times, and helps the reader see the humor in the text to self connections. As soon as I finished, I began another of Ms. Nataro’s books.
Couldn’t even get thru the first chapter
Hilarious! What a fantastic descriptive ability!
Story telling of a series of short personal incidents. Some where funny at some point but not really. (I guess “you had to be there” to understand the joke).
Disappointing.
I wanted to like this book. I was ready for some humor. Thought it would be like Nora Ephram. I was very disappointed. The laughs are contrived and forced. Left me feeling manipulated, or rather, like the author was trying to manipulate me with her attempt at humorous situations. Unfortunately, those situations drag on and on and there was …
Every woman can relate to at least one of the scenarios. Laughed all the way through it!