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Read the excerpt from lets pretend this never happened a mostly true memoir april 2011. In lets pretend this never happened, lawson takes readers on a hilarious journey recalling her bizarre upbringing in rural texas, her devastatingly. I loved it so much that i forwarded it on to a friend who i just knew would enjoy it as much as i did. Jenny lawson, creator of the bloggess blog, has posted a long and extremely funny excerpt from her forthcoming book lets pretend this never happened. But as she eased into the later chapters her style really grows on you. Lets pretend this never happened a mostly true memoir paperback. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. Ive been meaning to read lets pretend this never happened for years now, and although im glad i finally did, a part of me was a bit disappointed by what i found. Anyway, i jumped to some of the chapters to see if i missed anything funny but it was. Jenny lawson realized that the most mortifying moments of our livesthe ones wed like. Lets pretend this never happened a mostly true memoir audiobook cd. Let s pretend this never happened a mostly true memoir jenny lawson, 2012 penguin group usa 336 pp.
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Lets pretend this never happened audiobook cd chicago. A mostly true memoir is the debut effort of jenny lawson, aka the bloggess, best known as the funniest woman on the internet now that april winchell has retired from regretsy. Plus, if your english teacher assigned you to read the first three chapters of this book youll already be finished with the first two, and in another ten minutes you can go watch movies about sexy, glittery vampires, or. Her narration, too, makes this listen truly singquite literally when she belts.
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