Miss Fortune
Author: Weedman, Lauren
ISBN: 9780142180235
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 01 Jun 2016
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback / softback
A scorchingly funny collection of essays reminiscent of a grown-up Lena Dunham, from Looking star and former Daily Show writer, Lauren Weedman.
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 ofthe 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 onThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart, she scored parts in blockbuster movies, which led to memorable recurring roles on HBO'sHungandLooking. She had a loving husband and an adorable baby boy.
Inthese 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.
ISBN: 9780142180235
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 01 Jun 2016
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback / softback
A scorchingly funny collection of essays reminiscent of a grown-up Lena Dunham, from Looking star and former Daily Show writer, Lauren Weedman.
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 ofthe 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 onThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart, she scored parts in blockbuster movies, which led to memorable recurring roles on HBO'sHungandLooking. She had a loving husband and an adorable baby boy.
Inthese 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.
