Everyone will relate to these books, as we are all familiar by having someone in our lives with mental illness even if not ourselves, and let’s face reality- we are all on a spectrum, sliding back and forth depending on circumstance. I was intrigued by the review and started to follow Lawson’s blog ‘The Bloggess’ -which is quirky, weird and hilariously funny. I never actually lived in a dugout. I never actually bothered to learn, because I always figured that within days I would be escaping this tiny country town, and that’s pretty much how my entire life went for the next twenty years. I love this authour and all her books. Although if they did I'd sue them for stealing my life story. June 14, 2012 by Michele | Just a Lil Lost Review: Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson Jenny Lawson is also known in the online world as “ The Bloggess “, with a popular blog of which this book shares some of those anecdotes. This book is the hilarious memoir of Jenny Lawson's childhood and early adult life. It’s not just the messed up lives thing which seems to be a prerequisite for memoir writers. Well, humour is rather a subjective one akin to how reviews are also perceived, aye? Lawson has this odd sense of humour which most readers might relate to, but only partially for me, since her wavelength definitely didn't coincide with mine. And because there is joy in embracing—rather than running screaming from—the utter absurdity of life. This dysfunctionality and the bizarre way it manifests energizes Lawson. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened is Lawson’s story of navigating the world, from befuddled toddler to emo teenager to I-have-no-idea-what-I’m-doing adult. “Oh, Wall?” I’d say, with what I imagined was a sophisticated sneer. (I learned three lessons from this experience: One: that vehicle safety in the late seventies was not exceptional for children. 1. Of course we never actually tossed her out of a moving car when she was eight. I honestly have no idea. Thank you Jenny Lawson for writing this for us. I firmly believe that I might have to re-evaluate and recalibrate my sense of humour after reading this book. I’m not saying he intentionally threw me out of a moving car, just that an opportunity presented itself and that my father is a dangerous man who shouldn’t be trusted.)2. YOU: "Wait. If you're a seller, Fulfilment by Amazon can help you grow your business. I read it in a day. It was indeed quite difficult for me to rate this memoir as I find it rather grating, hyperbolic, and solipsistic yet hilarious in some spots albeit not quite what I had expected it to be. So no whiners, okay? In the end we come away feeling like this mismatched pair are perfect for each other and make her unbelievable story believable and liveable. It was indeed quite difficult for me to rate this memoir as I find it rather grating, hyperbolic, and solipsistic yet hilarious in some spots albeit not quite what I had expected it to be. Because the secret word is not really “Snausages,” and I don’t even know how to spell “leukemia.” This is a special test that you can use to see who really read the book. Fuck it. In this hilarious memoir, Lawson takes readers on a journey through her upbringing … In Let's Pretend This Never Happened, Lawson takes listeners on a hilarious journey recalling her bizarre upbringing in rural Texas, her devastatingly awkward high school years, and her relationship with her long-suffering husband, Victor. It's like sitting down with some crazy friend you adore, who decided to tell you bits from her life story. If you're looking for a Sedaris alternative, this unfortunately isn't it. It took me two separate choking incidents before I realized I really shouldn't read this book during lunch. Her nervous, panicky breakdowns feel like an act -- an act that has gotten her laughs in the past, so she leans on it rather than exploring her more genuine writing talents. © 2008-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. It looked like I could have just taken it off my bookshelf- read and loved carefully. And then the people in your book club will totally know that you stopped reading after this paragraph and will realize that you’re a big, fat fake. I applaud the author for sharing her struggles with mental illness, and allowing people to see her strength in fighting every day not to let it consume her life. There are very few books which make me laugh out loud but this is one of the best. And I distrust "funny" books the same way I distrust sitcoms with laugh-tracks, because it's condescending and discourages thinking for yourself. I won’t answer to it, because it’s not my name, but it’s much more agreeable than most of the things I’ve been called. You totally owe me. This is the perfect book to read if you’re constipated, because the abdominal spasms caused by your hysterical laughter will have to create a bowel movement. Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir, Jenny Lawson. I’m not sure what I enjoyed more about this book. Skull and crossbones on this one if you're easily offended. Jenny Lawson realized that the most mortifying moments of our lives--the ones we'd like to pretend never happened--are in fact the ones that define us. (The hard-cover version, I mean. For years, I used the toilet with my mother's pet possum sleeping right beside me. I shouldn’t even be mentioning it. Jenny Lawson realized that the most mortifying moments of our lives - the ones we'd like to pretend never happened - are in fact the ones that define us. My father was one of those soldiers at the time, and when my mom told me this story as a teenager I pointed out that perhaps she should have appreciated my getting him off the streets like that. 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