{"product_id":"i-love-everybody-and-other-atrocious-lies-true-tales-of-a-loudmouth-girl-paperback","title":"I Love Everybody (and Other Atrocious Lies): True Tales of a Loudmouth Girl - 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\u003eHere are more scathingly funny tales from the wild side  Laurie Notaro survived the debauched ride of her twenties and the bumpy road to matrimony. Now she's ready to take on the thirtysomething years . . . and \u003ci\u003ealmost\u003c\/i\u003e middle age has never been more hilarious. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLaurie is married, mortgaged, and now--miraculously--employed in the corporate world, discovering that bosses come in all shapes, sizes, and degrees of mental stability. After maxing out her last good credit card at Banana Republic, she's dressed for success and ready to face the jungle: surviving feral, six-foot-plus Gretchen (\"Three Thousand Faces of Eve\") before battling the overbearing, overstuffed (in \u003ci\u003eway\u003c\/i\u003e-too-small pants) new mom Suzzi, who ruthlessly cancels Laurie's newspaper column and learns that payback can be a bitch. Laurie also explores the backstabbing world of preschoolers at a Halloween party, the X-rated madness of a family trip to Disneyland, and the pressure from her QVC-addicted mother and the rest of the world to reproduce. But while losing more friends to babies than to booze, she realizes there's a plus side: at least for a couple of months she gets to be the thinner friend. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eI Love Everybody (and Other Atrocious Lies) \u003c\/b\u003eis Laurie Notaro at her deliciously quirky best. Can a woman prone to what her loved ones might term \"meltdowns\" (she considers them \"Opportunities to Enlighten\") put a smile on her face and love everybody? Take a guess.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere are more scathingly funny tales from the wild side! Laurie Notaro survived the debauched ride of her twenties and the bumpy road to matrimony. Now she's ready to take on the thirtysomething years . . . and \"almost middle age has never been more hilarious. \u003cbr\u003eLaurie is married, mortgaged, and now--miraculously--employed in the corporate world, discovering that bosses come in all shapes, sizes, and degrees of mental stability. After maxing out her last good credit card at Banana Republic, she's dressed for success and ready to face the jungle: surviving feral, six-foot-plus Gretchen (\"Three Thousand Faces of Eve\") before battling the overbearing, overstuffed (in \"way-too-small pants) new mom Suzzi, who ruthlessly cancels Laurie's newspaper column and learns that payback can be a bitch. Laurie also explores the backstabbing world of preschoolers at a Halloween party, the X-rated madness of a family trip to Disneyland, and the pressure from her QVC-addicted mother and the rest of the world to reproduce. But while losing more friends to babies than to booze, she realizes there's a plus side: at least for a couple of months she gets to be the thinner friend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaurie Notaro\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 8.06 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 08, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48817458643192,"sku":"9780812969009","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/ciqrcbtfHv9780812969009.webp?v=1780599060","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/i-love-everybody-and-other-atrocious-lies-true-tales-of-a-loudmouth-girl-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}