Bitter Is The New Black: Confessions Of A Condescending, Egomanical, Self Centred Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag To The Unemployment Office: A Memoir
by:
Jen Lancaster (author)
ISBN:
9780733620621 (0733620620)
Publish date: 2006
Publisher: Hodder
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Funny,
Comedy,
Book Club,
Adult,
Biography Memoir,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit
I ended up re-reading this book yesterday because I needed something to make me laugh. I have always gotten a kick out of Jen Lancaster's older memoirs and even though I know them by heart, I still laugh each time. I think my main take away at reading this again after several years of reading her la...
http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/2008/07/review-bitter-is-new-black-by-jen.html
Oh, how I identified with this book. Although I was recently unemployed by choice, due to a move, and not laid off like Lancaster, I really read this at just the right time for it to resonate with me. Lancaster is a young wealthy salesperson in Chicago right before 9/11 when her company merges with ...
Absolutely LOVED it! Hilarious throughout and well worth the out loud chuckles while reading at the gym.
Somehow I'd managed to confuse myself into thinking this was a book of essays or blog posts, so it was a bit of a surprise to discover a memoir instead. Once I'd gotten my head around my misunderstanding, I ended up really liking it though. I was gratified to see that Jen wasn't quite as Egomaniacal...