{"product_id":"autobiography-of-a-fat-bride-true-tales-of-a-pretend-adulthood-paperback","title":"Autobiography of a Fat Bride: True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaurie Notaro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club\u003c\/i\u003e tackles her biggest challenge yet: grown-up life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eAutobiography of a Fat Bride\u003c\/b\u003e, Laurie Notaro tries painfully to make the transition from all-night partyer and bar-stool regular to mortgagee with plumbing problems and no air-conditioning. Laurie finds grown-up life just as harrowing as her reckless youth, as she meets Mr. Right, moves in, settles down, and crosses the toe-stubbing threshold of matrimony. From her mother's grade-school warning to avoid kids in tie-dyed shirts because their hippie parents spent their food money on drugs and art supplies; to her night-before-the-wedding panic over whether her religion is the one where you step on the glass; to her unfortunate overpreparation for the mandatory drug-screening urine test at work; to her audition as a \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e centerfold as research for a newspaper story, \u003cb\u003eAutobiography of a Fat Bride \u003c\/b\u003ehas the same zits-and-all candor and outrageous humor that made Idiot Girls an instant cult phenomenon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn\u003cb\u003e Autobiography of a Fat Bride\u003c\/b\u003e, Laurie contemplates family, home improvement, and the horrible tyrannies of cosmetic saleswomen. She finds that life doesn't necessarily get any easier as you get older. But it does get funnier.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of the \"New York Times bestseller \"The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club tackles her biggest challenge yet: grown-up life. \u003cbr\u003eIn Autobiography of a Fat Bride, Laurie Notaro tries painfully to make the transition from all-night partyer and bar-stool regular to mortgagee with plumbing problems and no air-conditioning. Laurie finds grown-up life just as harrowing as her reckless youth, as she meets Mr. Right, moves in, settles down, and crosses the toe-stubbing threshold of matrimony. From her mother's grade-school warning to avoid kids in tie-dyed shirts because their hippie parents spent their food money on drugs and art supplies; to her night-before-the-wedding panic over whether her religion is the one where you step on the glass; to her unfortunate overpreparation for the mandatory drug-screening urine test at work; to her audition as a \"Playboy centerfold as research for a newspaper story, Autobiography of a Fat Bride has the same zits-and-all candor and outrageous humor that made Idiot Girls an instant cult phenomenon. \u003cbr\u003eIn Autobiography of a Fat Bride, Laurie contemplates family, home improvement, and the horrible tyrannies of cosmetic saleswomen. She finds that life doesn't necessarily get any easier as you get older. But it does get funnier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaurie Notaro has never written for \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLowrider\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Logger\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFarm Show\u003c\/i\u003e, or\u003ci\u003e McSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives, and will probably die, in Phoenix, Arizona. Miraculously, this is her second book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.04 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 08, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43601128652935,"sku":"9780375760921","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/xjNsAR4L679780375760921.webp?v=1765684512","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/autobiography-of-a-fat-bride-true-tales-of-a-pretend-adulthood-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}