Pretty in Plaid: A Life, A Witch, and a Wardrobe, or, the Wonder Years Before the Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smart-Ass Phase
by:
Jen Lancaster (author)
Now in paperback! Jen Lancaster's cultural inferiority complex had to come from somewhere...and now fans can find out where in the New York Times bestseller Pretty in Plaid. Before she was bitter, before she was lazy, Jen Lancaster was a badge- hungry Junior Girl Scout with a knack for...
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Now in paperback! Jen Lancaster's cultural inferiority complex had to come from somewhere...and now fans can find out where in the New York Times bestseller Pretty in Plaid. Before she was bitter, before she was lazy, Jen Lancaster was a badge- hungry Junior Girl Scout with a knack for extortion, an aspiring sorority girl who didn't know her Coach from her Louis Vuitton, and a budding executive who found herself bewildered by her first encounter with a fax machine. In this hilarious and touching memoir, Jen Lancaster looks back on her life-and wardrobe-and reveals a young woman not so different from the rest of us. Prepare to take a long walk in her (drool-worthy) shoes in this hilarious and heartwarming trip down memory lane.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780451228536 (0451228537)
Publish date: May 4th 2010
Publisher: NAL Trade
Pages no: 363
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Funny,
Comedy,
Book Club,
Adult,
Biography Memoir,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit
This was not at all what I expected from Jen Lancaster. Normally she's a 5 star author who makes me snort with laughter and this barely got a few chuckles. This felt a little tamer than her other stories too which are anything but tame.
Jen Lancaster's writing is like a drug. You start on page one and suddenly you're out of control trying to inhale the pages as quickly as possible. Pretty in Plaid is the story that leads up to Lancaster's first book- Bitter is the New Black. She actually is a very intelligent, witty woman despite h...
The softer side of Jen? I wasn't sure what to expect when I first read that Jen Lancaster was planning a prequel to her fabulously funny trilogy, but this was humorous and almost nice. I still laughed out loud and I even had a normal blood pressure check at the doctor since I couldn't stop reading e...
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