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Summary: Tickle Your Funnybone...
Review: Laurie Notaro is a comic genius! So many laugh (or snort) out-loud moments are in this book. I think many of her readers see so much of themselves in her stories, but her true gift is in the storytelling. We've all had home-improvement store breakdowns, dealings with nutty moms, oafish but well-meaning husbands and "wardrobe malfunctions", but her hilarious spin on the tales make this a worthy read. I think I may even make my husband sit down and read this; after he takes down the Christmas tree and puts up the Halloween decorations.
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Summary: Exquisite Humor
Review: Laurie Notaro's books are hilarious. Autobiography of a Fat Bride continues the humor from Idiot Girls Action Adventure Club without missing a beat - and then some. Her stories are better than $120-an-hour therapy or Prozac for positive mood-altering. Notaro is clearly the funniest female writer alive today. Buy her books! Support this writer!
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Summary: Laugh So Hard You Cry
Review: Laurie Notaro's books are those kind of books where you finish it then have to pick it up and read it again until you can get the next one. With each book, you can't help but wonder how a woman can meander into such hilariously horrendous episodes. Her fans are just glad she wrote them down.
The countdown to Notaro's newest: April 19, 2005
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Summary: Another shining light of sarcasm.
Review: Mrs. Notaro is a beacon of common sense in a world gone crazy with rude and obnoxious people, shining her light of sarcasm and straight talk onto jerks and morons alike. So many of her chapters ring true of things I have thought and not said, or didn't have the sense of humor to make them funny. Her humor seems to be the only thing keeping Mrs. Notaro sane. Now every time I have a run in with a thoughtless, self-centered jerk I think of this book and chuckle. Thanks Notaro for showing me the only way not to have an aneurism is to laugh.
I highly recommend this book and her other book "I Love Everybody, (and other atrocious lies)".
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Summary: very very funny new writer
Review: Notaro is a very promising new voice on the non fiction scene. This book is very funny but not quite as hilarious as her last one Idiot Girls. However that said, I read the book in a matter of days because I couldn't put it down. I kept drawing attention to myself in public places because I laughed out loud so much while reading it. You don't need to be in the midst of planning a wedding to enjoy Notaro's sharp wit and unique observations. This is a great book to read on the beach this summer.
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Summary: Not Bad
Review: Notaro's second outing isn't actually bad. I could especially relate to everything that happens after she gets married. I didn't truly care for her first book, but I found this one to have more humor and be more relatable. In this book, she seems more human. The book picks up where "Idiot Girls..." left off. She's looking for a good man, gets married, her sister has a baby and she decides she wants a house in downtown Phoenix. Of course, those of us that live here are wondering what was she thinking, but that's beside the point. Downtown Phoenix has it's special charms. All her trials and tribulations in the book are understandable if you know where she's coming from. It also helps if you have been in similar situations of marriage and home-owning, etc. Try it if you must, it's definately better than the first. Yet, there are more valuable things you could waste your time with.
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Summary: Love Ms. Notaro!
Review: Thank goodness for Ms. Notaro. She has kept me in stitches for the past week. Keep bringing it on girl!
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Summary: Chopped up stories with nothing to do about a fat bride
Review: This book is a true autobiography of Laurie Notaro. Actually, to call it an autobiography would be unfair. It's more like a series of based-on-real-life-events stories. Laurie is an odd woman, one I can identify with. She is funny and smart in her recollections of family and household antics. I found the book similar to Candy and Me due to the efforts the author takes to distance herself from her readers and the one-story-at-a-time approach to writing. During the entire book, I'm not sure we ever learn Laurie's husband's name. That fact alone disturbed me. Why is it omitted? There's no plot going on with the book at all. Each chapter can be read independently of each other. Again, while that's not a bad thing, it just made the book a choppy read for me. For some reason I was under the impression that this book would be an actual tale of a fat bride. Maybe the struggles a fat bride has to go through to get her wedding pulled off. In fact, it's the story of a *slightly* overweight woman. Maybe two or three chapters are spent discussing the wedding. Guess I should have read the cover better.
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Summary: very very funny new writer
Review: This is a well-written and wonderfully hilarious look at Laurie Notaro's experiences with adulthood, marriage, and children. From finding a good man and marrying him before he gets away, to her insecurities about her physical appearance, this book will keep you rolling with her clever wit and cut-to-the bone reality of middle-aged life. Everything about this book reminds me of a very special woman who, regrettably, is no longer in my life. If I didn't know better, I would have thought she had written it herself.
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Summary: This book sounds familiar
Review: This is a well-written and wonderfully hilarious look at Laurie Notaro's experiences with adulthood, marriage, and children. From finding a good man and marrying him before he gets away, to her insecurities about her physical appearance, this book will keep you rolling with her clever wit and cut-to-the bone reality of middle-aged life. Everything about this book reminds me of a very special woman who, regrettably, is no longer in my life. If I didn't know better, I would have thought she had written it herself.
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