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

I am in love!

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

Yes, Jenny is hilarious! I related to a lot that she had been through. I loved how she shined a funny, happy, and oddly optimistic light on almost everything.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Jenny is great, keeps you entertained, and wondering what the hell is going to happen to her next. This is because there is no way you could guess what you are about to hear.

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

I did not know anything about Jenny when I bought this book, but I am so thankful I stopped and listened.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Most people do not....

Any additional comments?

I laughed, I cried, and I related in a way I did not feel was possible. Her relationship with her husband, Victor, is just like mine with my girlfriend.

Thank you Jenny!!!

Awsome!

I just love her. Put a bird on it. Well a notarized copy of a bird on it.

Still laughing out loud

An uproariously funny book with a performance par excellence by the author. You will be chuckling every time you remember her stories and you can't help but share with others.

An Enjoyable story

We had no idea that Ms. Lawson was a mommy blogger, or any idea who she was, when my wife chose this book. She just thought it was funny from the preview, and in general it was. I will say her performance was good, but her singing was grating. She tells some really great stories and goes through a lot of her life and experiences she's had growing up in West Texas. She covers some hilarious subjects and some really dark subjects. She makes us feel for her when things go real bad for her, but she also rebounds and goes on with living. This is a solid memoir and it's fun, short and the stories tie together in a way that gives it some sort of narrative flow. Some of the asides to the listener were tiring after a while, but it's still a charming book that I could recommend to someone looking for a light romp mostly true book about unicorns riding scorpions into battle against a pug.

Maybe if you like Dave Barry

A bit too edgy for me. Think of a female Dave Barry with a chip on her shoulder...

hilarious

this book is hilarious and absurd and perfect! (they want 15 words for a review and I dont have anything else to say)

Too funny!!

I never write reviews but felt his book really deserved it. I laughed out loud so many times. Enjoyable, witty, and just plain crazy. Jenny Lawson makes those of us who are outside of the box feel inside of the box!! Lol. Thanks.

One of, if not the most, entertaining books ever!

Jenny Lawson narrarating her own book made it that much better, I'm sure, adding her whimsical and dark, sarcastic edge. I listened to this while at work and had to muffle my laughs multiple times! Wonderful way to pass my day away. Made me smile and laugh, Jenny is a great storyteller!

Loved it! So funny, touching, insightful--great!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes it's very funny (and a little sad at times) but I was very drawn into her world and in fact many of the things she did and said resonated with me - as in - I've had some of those same thoughts and it was comforting to hear her talk about them with humor -very witty and fast.

Who was your favorite character and why?

It'd have to be between the squirrel puppet and........no just kidding - Jenny is the main character and she is super funny, her husband is a great sounding board and her editor works hard to keep her grounded. Her dad sounds great, too, I'd take any dead animal to him without reservation.

Which character – as performed by Jenny Lawson – was your favorite?

Herself

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes and when it was finished I started it over (I'm on the 3rd listening now, a very rare thing for me to do, actually).

Any additional comments?

This was a very funny, wacky and interesting book - I liked her cadence and thought she sounded perfect, she speaks with a fast cadence which perfectly fits her "stories" and her personality - I hadn't heard of her until this book but I'm a fan. Not a facebook fan, I hate facebook. But liked her book and I'd buy another if she wrote/writes one.

Wonderful and refreshing!

What made the experience of listening to Let's Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir) the most enjoyable?

Jenny is hilarious, easy to relate to, and inspirational.

Any additional comments?

Sometimes, you might have to replay sections just to know if you really heard her correctly. Here's a tip: you did. Her life was just that f*cked up at times.