#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Everyone's favorite Idiot Girl, Laurie Notaro, is just trying to find the right fit, whether it's in the adorable blouse that looks charming on the mannequin but leaves her in a literal bind or in her neighborhood after she's shamefully exposed at a holiday party by delivering a low-quality rendition of "Jingle Bells." Notaro makes misstep after riotous misstep as she shares tales of marriage and family, including stories about the dog-bark translator that deciphers Notaro's and her husband's own "woofs" a little too accurately, the emails from her mother with "FWD" in the subject line ("which in email code means Forecasting World Destruction"), and the dead-of-night shopping sprees and Devil Dog-devouring monkeyshines of a creature known as "Ambien Laurie." At every turn, Notaro's pluck and irresistible candor set the New York Times bestselling author on a journey that's laugh-out-loud funny and utterly unforgettable.

Author: Laurie Notaro
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Group
Published: 07/26/2011
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.30w x 0.64d
ISBN: 9780345510990


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/09/2011
People Weekly 08/01/2011 pg. 51
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2011
Booklist 07/01/2011 pg. 14
BookPage 08/01/2011

About the Author
Laurie Notaro has been fired from seven jobs, laid off from three, and voluntarily liberated from one. Despite all that, she has managed to write a number of New York Times bestselling essay collections. She lives with her husband in Oregon, where--according to her mother, who refuses to visit--she sleeps in a trailer in the woods.