It Looked Different on the Model
Epic Tales of Impending Shame and Infamy
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4.3 • 196 Ratings
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Everyone’s favorite Idiot Girl, Laurie Notaro, is just trying to find the right fit, whether it’s in the adorable blouse that looks charming on the mannequin but leaves her in a literal bind or in her neighborhood after she’s shamefully exposed at a holiday party by delivering a low-quality rendition of “Jingle Bells.” Notaro makes misstep after riotous misstep as she shares tales of marriage and family, including stories about the dog-bark translator that deciphers Notaro’s and her husband’s own “woofs” a little too accurately, the emails from her mother with “FWD” in the subject line (“which in email code means Forecasting World Destruction”), and the dead-of-night shopping sprees and Devil Dog–devouring monkeyshines of a creature known as “Ambien Laurie.” At every turn, Notaro’s pluck and irresistible candor set the New York Times bestselling author on a journey that’s laugh-out-loud funny and utterly unforgettable.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Trying to fit in sometimes literally can be daunting, but Notaro's attempts are hilariously captured in this collection. In "Let It Bleed," Notaro (Spooky Little Girl) takes on the bane of women everywhere: trying on clothes in a dressing room, with lighting ranges from "cruel" to "barbaric." In "She's a Pill," it's not a physical hurdle Notaro must overcome but a mental one: her alter ago, "Ambien Laurie," who emerges when Notaro takes the sleeping pill that can cause people to act strangely in their sleep Notaro binges on junk food like a zombie and watches dreadful movies. Her relationship with her staunchly Republican parents, who live in Phoenix, Ariz., and are still dismayed that Notaro moved to Eugene, Ore., is most notably described in "It's a Bomb," when she flies in for her mother's birthday. Notaro regresses to rebellious daughter and her parents to their old overbearing selves, complete with Notaro's obsessively clean mother telling her, "f you're going to shed , pick it up. Hair makes me gag." Notaro's humor is self-deprecating without ever swaying into self-pity, and her situations are both specific and universal.
Customer Reviews
It looked different on the model
Very good, hilarious at times.
Funniest book EVER!!!
This book saved my life! Lol actually it did in a way...I fell and broke my leg and ankle and had to get surgery. I've been "couch-ridden" for several weeks now and many more to go and this book made me laugh so much! It really cheered me up when I was feeling bad and sorry for myself. I'm telling EVERYONE I know to buy this book!!! I can't wait to get all of the other books this author wrote,cause believe me,I've got the time.... Lol
it looked different on the model
It was a fun read. The author has a great sense of humor, and laughs at herself in many situations. I was either chuckeling or laughing out loud.