Jen Lancaster
Author
Language
English
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Description
Jen Lancaster's cultural inferiority complex had to come from somewhere...and now fans can find out where in this hilarious New York Times bestselling memoir from the author of Bitter is the New Black.
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...
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...
Author
Language
English
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Description
Readers have followed New York Times bestselling author Jen Lancaster through job loss, sucky city living, weight loss attempts, and 1980s nostalgia. Now, in this bitter and witty memoir, Jen chronicles her efforts to achieve cultural enlightenment, with some hilarious missteps and genuine moments of inspiration along the way.
Jen uses any means necessary on her quest to better herself: reading canonical literature, viewing classic...
Jen uses any means necessary on her quest to better herself: reading canonical literature, viewing classic...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
"If You Were Here follows Amish-zombie-teen-romance author Mia and her husband Mac (and their pets) through the alternately frustrating, exciting, terrifying--but always funny--process of buying and renovating their first home in the Chicago suburbs that John Hughes's movies made famous. Along their harrowing renovation journey, Mia and Mac get caught up in various wars with the homeowners' association, meet some less-than-friendly neighbors, and...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Unabridged ? 11 hours
This is the smart-mouthed, soul- searching story of a woman trying to figure out what happens next when she's gone from six figures to unemployment checks and she stops to reconsider some of the less-than-rosy attitudes and values she thought she'd never have to answer for when times were good.
This is the smart-mouthed, soul- searching story of a woman trying to figure out what happens next when she's gone from six figures to unemployment checks and she stops to reconsider some of the less-than-rosy attitudes and values she thought she'd never have to answer for when times were good.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Unfortunately, being overweight isn't simply a societal issue that can be fixed with a dose healthy of positive self-esteem. It's a health matter, and on the eve of her fortieth year, Lancaster learns to make changes. Because what good if finally being able to afford a pedicure if you lose a foot to adult onset diabetes?
Author
Publisher
Little A
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
[239 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm]
Language
English
Description
Every day, Americans are bombarded with terrifying news about crime, the environment, politics, and the health consequences of the foods we've been enjoying for years. We're judged by social media users, pressured into maintaining a perfect home, and expected to base our self-worth on retweets, faves, likes, and followers. Our collective FOMO (fear of missing out), and the disparity between ideals and reality, is leading us to spend more and feel...
Author
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
viii, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Recounts the author's search for domestic bliss as she embraces the word of Martha Stewart and attempts to follow her in all things, from closet organization to stain removal, with laughably disastrous results.
Author
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
viii, 400 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A memoir chronicles the adventures and misadventures of a woman whose perfect life and perfect job vanishes when she goes from a six-figure career to unemployment, and, forced to do some soul searching, becomes an author.
Author
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
ix, 365 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this hilarious and touching memoir, the author offers a humorous look at her life and wardrobe, recounting her less-than-virtuous stint as a Girl Scout, colorful family gatherings, her fashion faux pas at a sorority rush, her climb up and down the corporate ladder, and her success as a writer.
Author
Publisher
Little A
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
252 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Accepting a job as a sorority housemom after her financier husband is wanted for embezzlement, CeCe meets a coworker who is also starting a new life- in the witness protection program after witnessing a mob hit at her strip club.