My Inappropriate Life

Some Material Not Suitable for Small Children, Nuns, or Mature Adults

By: Heather McDonald

Narrated by: Heather McDonald

Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

In her hilarious New York Times best seller You’ll Never Blue Ball in This Town Again, Heather McDonald recounted her adventures as an unwilling virgin in Hollywood. Now happily married with three wonderful kids, she shows that life as a grown-up - even a pretend grown-up - has its challenges. Heather’s a working mom with parents who live next door, a sister who keeps asking for one of her still-fertile eggs, and friends who are up to more hijinks than even Heather can handle.

This self-proclaimed "Real Housewife of Woodland Hills" is determined to achieve A-list status (thus expanding her entourage beyond her three school-aged children and a house-husband who is infuriatingly bad at collecting neighborhood gossip) and defeat (or at least be accepted by) the mean neighborhood moms who judge her for taking her kids to a stripper pool party in Vegas. It’s a lot to juggle when she’s also battling her Chelsea Lately coworkers for the crudest and most elaborate practical jokes (don’t ask her about that "free" Vera Wang dress).

Just as laugh-out-loud funny and irreverent in her storytelling as she is on camera as Chelsea Handler’s partner-in-crime, in My Inappropriate Life Heather recounts her misadventures with a disarming candor all her own.

©2013 Heather McDonald (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Most moms that you work with come to your desk uninvited and start showing you photos or telling you boring stories about their kids.... Not Heather McDonald. Instead she shows me photos of her new pool." (Jen Kirkman, author of I Can Barely Take Care of Myself)

"I don’t know any other person who can tell me they are ‘over trees’, mean it, make me laugh about it, and at the same time make me wonder if perhaps I am, too." (Sarah Colonna, author of Life as I Blow It)

hilarious as always!

heather is one of the best story tellers I have heard. I only wish I was as lucky as the people in heathers life are to be able to be around such an amazing person and a funny story teller day in and day out.

Slow start........Great ending!

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

Yes I would because its her life in the raw........warts and all!

What did you like best about this story?

The cookie party story.....

What about Heather McDonald’s performance did you like?

Vocal inflections

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

No, 4 sittings.

Very hard to listen to!

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Yes, don't have the author read the book. She sounds awful, pauses at weird places and makes the book hard to listen to. She sounds like she has a cold.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

Some of the stories of her childhood were interesting--those about her children were less interesting.

What didn’t you like about Heather McDonald’s performance?

She is very nasal in her talk, stops at odd times and has a very monotone performance. It was almost as if she were doing standup comedy and was waiting for the punchline to hit. She isn't and it was distracting.

What else would you have wanted to know about Heather McDonald’s life?

Nothing. I feel kind of dirty that I know entirely too much about her excrement habits.

Any additional comments?

I am not sure I can even finish this audio book. It was definitely a waste of money.

Ok

Is there anything you would change about this book?

The narrator. Heather's narration style/modulation of her voice does not follow the story line. It is very annoying sometimes.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

did not finish because the narration really got to me

How could the performance have been better?

Paying attention to the whole sentence and reading it according to what is being said. It is important to put emphasis where it belongs and to make pauses where necessary but not in the middle of a sentence where it doesn't make any sense.

Any additional comments?

I thought the book was funny, not hilarious, but it probably would've been better with a more experienced narrator.

Heather is super entertaining

I really enjoyed the stories in this book, which is based on Heather's life. I loved her perspectives on motherhood, marriage and friendships. She made me laugh!

a pleasant listen

If you could sum up My Inappropriate Life in three words, what would they be?

I'd rate this a 3.6

What did you like best about this story?

Heather is clever and articulate

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

no

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

no

Any additional comments?

a few too many kid stories, would like to have heard more about the tv shows

heather McDonald is laugh out loud funny..

currently follow heather on juicy scoop....she is in of todays expert on pop culture especially the housewives on bravo..feel like heather mcdonald is a fellow sister....so down to earth and relatable...3rd time listening..love this book

Funny & Super Enjoyable

Funny, quick stories from the hilarious Heather! Felt a little nervous I already knew her too well to not get bored with a book from yearssss ago, but this did not disappoint! I was giggling to myself nonstop! Highly recommend!

Irritating

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

Only Heather McDonald, maybe her mother

What was most disappointing about Heather McDonald’s story?

She isn't funny. Her voice is irritating. She truly gets on my nerves.

Would you be willing to try another one of Heather McDonald’s performances?

Absolutely not.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from My Inappropriate Life?

I would use someone else to narrate. She seems to pause mid sentence. She's so affected!

Any additional comments?

If you buy this, get ready for the over the top eye rolls.

Insanely insensitive/shallow/racist

She sounds like someone who is currently living in the days of segregation. She misses the mark so often it’s cringeworthy. Her comedy is based narcism and playing a ditzy valley girl. She talks about Mexicans for a whole chapter on how they love cleaning toilets and how it’s weird they have manicures.

She comes off entitled and her jokes are Hackey