Let's Pretend This Never Happened

A Mostly True Memoir

By: Jenny Lawson

Narrated by: Jenny Lawson

Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins

Publisher's summary

Audie Award Nominee, Humor, 2013

For fans of Tina Fey and David Sedaris - Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess, makes her literary debut.

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. 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.

Chapters include: "Stanley the Magical, Talking Squirrel", "A Series of Angry Post-It Notes to My Husband", "My Vagina Is Fine. Thanks for Asking", and "And Then I Snuck a Dead Cuban Alligator on an Airplane".

©2012 Jenny Lawson (P)2012 Penguin

hilarious

if you don't but and listen to this audiobook today I'm pretty sure this vultures from Texas will come attack your pets. just saying

Jenny Lawson is a treasure.

Would you listen to Let's Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir) again? Why?

I have already listened to certain chapters multiple times, and I'm buying a copy for my mom's birthday. As a fellow survivor of rural Texas, these stories were relatable and hilarious and touching and perfect and deserve lots and lots of run-on sentences full of praise. Also, this book made me realize I am a particular fan of squirrel-based humor.

Squirrels are just inherently funny.

What other book might you compare Let's Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir) to and why?

To me, Lawson's work is the delightful, overall-sporting, dead-animal-owning third cousin to Sedaris' work. It's irreverant and hilarious and unique, much like David Sedaris' books. It also, like his work, is highly contextualized. While Sedaris' work is all New York, Lawson's work is most certainly Texas.

Any additional comments?

I would go so far to say that this book is better on audiobook than on the page. Jenny Lawson's narration is golden. She sings all the chapter titles and it's just precious.

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Loved it! Smiled and laughed a lot. Helped me see those things I'd rather pretend didn't exist in a new light.

Funny, but be careful!

The way the book is written and the stories are hilarious, but the singing that goes along with each chapter change made my ears ring and head throb. I wasn't even able to finish because of it.

I wouldn't necessarily turn you away from the book because some of these stories are knee slappers. Just the pain of knowing when you need to turn down your voluminous .

Funny!

Would you listen to Let's Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir) again? Why?

This book made me giggle - almost constantly. I felt like I was listening to one of my girlfriends chatting on the phone.

What did you like best about this story?

Funny - easy way with telling a story

Have you listened to any of Jenny Lawson’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

no.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

no

Any additional comments?

Language a little rough - but I loved it anyway

I love Jenny Lawson!!!

I knew after reading Furiously Happy that we should totally be besties! Jenny you rock! I wear my silver ribbon with pride.

Very Good.

Loved it. The most memorable moment is Stanley the magical talking squirrel. Also the part where victor is alone with a live rattlesnake.

WTF did I just listen to? must be 5 stars

So I normally stick to the sci-fi/fantasy tab of book, but like to branch out every now and then. This was suggested to me by my ex, and I though "what the hell, the preview sounds funny."

It was amazingly entertaining. It was just Jenny going thru and talking about crazy things in her life. She is a blogger, and it sounds like she went back thru her blogs, found good stories, turned them into a book, and then did a great job narrating them. No real theme, just the craziness of her life.

very entertaining, but it did get a little ridiculous at the end. It made me feel bad for her husband, but he seems like he loves her and would be bored if she wasn't lighting the oven on fire, so good for them. I would say this may be better in smaller doses, as pushing thru it in 2 days made the last half not as good and moved closer to the annoying side.

Still, highly recommended.

fun and relatable

had the audiobook in my list for awhile and am happy I finally purchased and had more than a few true laughs all the way through. Jenny Lawson is funny and relatable and having her narrate her own tales really brought this home as an audiobook. now to go peruse her others.

Well written

Jenny telling her own story is great & you can tell her passion in the book based on the infliction of her voice. Great job!!