Miss Fortune: Fresh Perspectives on Having It All from Someone Who Is Not Okay
Lauren Weedman$22.95
$27.00
Los Angeles Times Bestseller For fans of Jenny Lawson, Sarah Colonna, and Lena Dunham, an acutely-observed and hilarious take on what happens when life doesn't end up quite as you'd expected.
"Gloriously smart, deeply funny, and nakedly vulnerable ... I laughed. I cried. I thanked my lucky stars I didn't ever have a threesome with co-workers in the Netherlands. But most of all, I fell in love with Lauren Weedman and the raw and complicated truths she so honestly explores on every page."
--Cheryl Strayed, author of the New York Times bestseller Wild Lauren Weedman is not okay. She's living what should be the good life in sunny Los Angeles. After a gig as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, she scored parts in blockbuster movies, which led to memorable recurring roles on HBO's Hung and Looking. She had a loving husband and an adorable baby boy. In these comedic essays, Weedman turns a piercingly observant, darkly funny lens on the ways her life is actually Not Okay. She tells the story of her husband's affair with their babysitter, her first and only threesome, a tattoo gone horribly awry, and how the birth of her son caused mama drama with her own mother and birth mother, all with laugh-out-loud wit and a powerful undercurrent of vulnerability that pulls off a stunning balance between comedy and tragedy.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 03/15/2016
ISBN: 9780142180235
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.70d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/18/2016
Library Journal 03/01/2016 pg. 99
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2016
"Gloriously smart, deeply funny, and nakedly vulnerable ... I laughed. I cried. I thanked my lucky stars I didn't ever have a threesome with co-workers in the Netherlands. But most of all, I fell in love with Lauren Weedman and the raw and complicated truths she so honestly explores on every page."
--Cheryl Strayed, author of the New York Times bestseller Wild Lauren Weedman is not okay. She's living what should be the good life in sunny Los Angeles. After a gig as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, she scored parts in blockbuster movies, which led to memorable recurring roles on HBO's Hung and Looking. She had a loving husband and an adorable baby boy. In these comedic essays, Weedman turns a piercingly observant, darkly funny lens on the ways her life is actually Not Okay. She tells the story of her husband's affair with their babysitter, her first and only threesome, a tattoo gone horribly awry, and how the birth of her son caused mama drama with her own mother and birth mother, all with laugh-out-loud wit and a powerful undercurrent of vulnerability that pulls off a stunning balance between comedy and tragedy.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 03/15/2016
ISBN: 9780142180235
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.70d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/18/2016
Library Journal 03/01/2016 pg. 99
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2016