Sunday, June 14, 2009

Pretty in Plaid: A Life, a Witch, and a Wardrobe, or, the Wonder Years Before the Condescending,Egoman. Self-Centered Smart Ass Phase by Jen Lancaster

Lancaster does it again! She makes you laugh aloud with her captivating words.
This memoir covers a great portion of her childhood, teen years and college life. She appears to have always been a spunky character. There are several 80 references that will crack you up! This novel isn't nearly as funny as her previous ones but don't let that sway you because you'll still get your moneys worth. She is deliciously hilarious. Set some time aside because you will read this in one sitting.
Grade: A- 

  Synopsis The hardcover debut from the New York Times bestselling author— the prequel to Bitter is the New Black.In Pretty in Plaid, Jen Lancaster reveals how she developed the hubris that perpetually gets her into trouble. Using fashion icons of her youth to tell her hilarious and insightful stories, readers will meet the girl she used to be.Think Jen Lancaster was always "like David Sedaris with pearls and a super-cute handbag?" (Jennifer Coburn) Think again. She 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 who found herself bewildered by her first encounter with a fax machine. In this humorous and touching memoir, Jen Lancaster looks back on her life—and wardrobe—before bitter was the new black and shows us a young woman not so very different than the rest of us.The author who showed us what it was like to wait in line at the unemployment office with a Prada bag, how living in the city can actually suck, and that losing weight can be fun with a trainer named Barbie and enough Ambien is ready to take you on a hilarious and heartwarming trip down memory lane in her shoes (and very pretty ones at that).

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