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Jen Lancaster, author extraordinaire


Two years ago, Jen Lancaster made her non-fiction debut with Bitter is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or Why You Should Never Carry a Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office. The book is a howlingly funny account of how the author all of a sudden found herself unemployed—and how she coped with it.

Her follow up, Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly Ex-Sorority Girl’s Guide to Why it Often Sucks in the City, or Who Are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me? is all about Life in the Big City. What I love about her books—really, two collections of essays—is that she never hesitates to make fun of herself—and everyone around her. She’s so funny you can forgive her for her meanness.

In May, Jen Lancaster returns with a third dose of humor and bitingly sharp wit: the title of her new book is Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist’s Quest to Discover if Her Ass Looks Big, Or Why Pie Is Not the Answer (gotta love those subtitles). It’s about Jen’s adventures in weight loss. The cover artwork is well done, too, along the same lines of the covers of her first two books (I told you, I’m all about the cover!). So this book promises to be yet another good summer read.

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Ma T said…
I read Jen Lancaster's first two books on a recommendation from my daughter. As soon as she found out a third book was coming out, she immediately put in her advance order at Amazon. I'll be right behind her after she gets it urging her to finish it already so I can read it too! LOL! I LOVE Jen Lancaster... AND your blog!

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