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
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Product Description
Jen Lancaster was living the sweet life-until real life kicked her to the curb.
She had the perfect man, the perfect job-hell, she had the perfect life-and there was no reason to think it wouldn't last. Or maybe there was, but Jen Lancaster was too busy being manicured, pedicured, highlighted, and generally adored to notice.
This is the smart-mouthed, soul-searching story of a woman trying to figure out what happens next when she's gone from six figures to unemployment checks and she stops to reconsider some of the less-than-rosy attitudes and values she thought she'd never have to answer for when times were good.
Filled with caustic wit and unusual insight, it's a rollicking read as speedy and unpredictable as the trajectory of a burst balloon.
Spotlight Customer Reviews:
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She's as funny as she is cruel
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Lancaster's mean, but hilarious.
And by the way, the word is pedestal, not "pedistool."
(Another reviewer wants Lancaster to fall from her "self-created pedistool.")
I hope she never does!
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I spit out my milk through my nose.
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I read this book after being laid off from my job on the advice of a friend. It took me 24 hours because Jen is brilliant. My stomach hurt from laughing so hard that I almost was unable to direct my boyfriend what chores I wanted done while I read. If you have not done so, save yourself some time and buy all three books. I'm like a junkie looking for a fix I'm so psyched for Such A Pretty Fat to be arriving at my door.
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funny but slow
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I have been reading this book for almost 3 weeks- I read a bit before I fall asleep. It is very humorous but moves very slowly. I am about midway thru and honestly there is nothing to really keep my attention except the funny lines thrown in here and there. Not bad but NOT a big page turner for me.
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No Sugar Coating Here....Loved it!
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This is an excellent book. I would recommend it to anyone. I can't wait to read the others.
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Thank You Jen for a Funny, Thoughtful Book!
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This was the best book I read last year (and I read pretty much every book in the same genre), so good I won't let anyone borrow my copy.
Truth-be-told I almost didn't read past the first forty pages. The opening of the book highlights Ms. Lancaster's ability to belittle underlings and worry about her Prada bag and hair highlights. Don't let the opening fool you, this book is a smart treatment of the Post 9/11/Enron/Worldcom/Tyco unwinding of wealth. Any twenty/thirty-something sporting a good job with a nice paycheck and an optimistic future in 2000 was in for a shock during the recession. I and most of my friends worked in Tech and Finance, 70% of my friends were laid off and, while I was lucky to keep my job, I did lose all my bonuses. Ms. Lancaster's book is an intelligent treatment of how 9/11 affected a non-New Yorker's life. Ms. Lancaster is hilarious, brutally honest, a crisp writer and this is a great read.
I highly recommend this book, this author's blog at www.jennysylvania.com, and this author's other books. I could also see this book being a classic one day and required reading at schools looking for a first-person treatment of early 2000's.
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