Book #71 Pretty in Plaid: A Life, a Witch, and a Wardrobe, or, the Wonder Years Before the Condescending,Egoman... Self-Centered Smart Ass Phase

Pretty in Plaid: A Life, a Witch, and a Wardrobe, or, the Wonder Years Before the Condescending,Egoman... Self-Centered Smart Ass Phase by Jen Lancaster

5 out of 5

Product Details
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: NAL Hardcover; 1 edition (May 5, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451226801
ISBN-13: 978-0451226808

Product Description

The hardcover debut from the New York Times bestselling author— the prequel to Bitter is the New Black. In Pretty in Plaid, Jen Lancaster reveals how she developed the hubris that perpetually gets her into trouble. Using fashion icons of her youth to tell her hilarious and insightful stories, readers will meet the girl she used to be. Think Jen Lancaster was always “like David Sedaris with pearls and a super-cute handbag?” (Jennifer Coburn) Think again. She was a badge-hungry Junior Girl Scout with a knack for extortion, an aspiring sorority girl who didn’t know her Coach from her Louis Vuitton, and a budding executive who found herself bewildered by her first encounter with a fax machine. In this humorous and touching memoir, Jen Lancaster looks back on her life—and wardrobe—before bitter was the new black and shows us a young woman not so very different than the rest of us.The author who showed us what it was like to wait in line at the unemployment office with a Prada bag, how living in the city can actually suck, and that losing weight can be fun with a trainer named Barbie and enough Ambien is ready to take you on a hilarious and heartwarming trip down memory lane in her shoes (and very pretty ones at that).

The softer side of Jen? I wasn't sure what to expect when I first read that Jen Lancaster was planning a prequel to her fabulously funny trilogy, but this was humorous and almost nice. I still laughed out loud and I even had a normal blood pressure check at the doctor since I couldn't stop reading enough to get worked up about the visit. This new book shows that clothes will always stand out in most girls' memories and what part they play in out lives. We also find out the true story of her "lost" college years. Now I need to know, what will Jen write next?