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Laddar... People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Competitive Crafters, Drop-Off Despots, and Other Suburban Scourges (utgåvan 2014)av Jen Mann (Författare)
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Biography & Autobiography.
Essays.
Nonfiction.
Humor (Nonfiction.)
HTML:NATIONAL BESTSELLER ? A debut collection of witty, biting essays laced with a surprising warmth, from Jen Mann, the writer behind the popular blog People I Want to Punch in the Throat People I want to punch in the throat: ? anyone who feels the need to bling her washer and dryer ? humblebraggers ? people who treat their pets like children Jen Mann doesn??t have a filter, which sometimes gets her in trouble with her neighbors, her fellow PTA moms, and that one woman who tried to sell her sex toys at a home shopping party. Known for her hilariously acerbic observations on her blog, People I Want to Punch in the Throat, Mann now brings her sharp wit to bear on suburban life, marriage, and motherhood in this laugh-out-loud collection of essays. From the politics of joining a play group, to the thrill of mothers?? night out at the gun range, to the rewards of your most meaningful relationship (the one you have with your cleaning lady), nothing is sacred or off-limits. So the next time you find yourself wearing fuzzy bunny pajamas in the school carpool line or accidentally stuck at a co-worker??s swingers party, just think, What would Jen Mann do? Or better yet, buy her book. Praise for People I Want to Punch in the Throat ??People I Want to Punch in the Throat is so good that it??ll make you want to adopt all the cats in the world. I??m not sure about the correlation, but it??s that good. It should come with a warning.???Jenny Lawson, author of Let??s Pretend This Never Happened ??Jen Mann has an amazing way of telling stories that will make you cringe and burst out laughing at the same time. From swinger parties to racist toddlers, she makes the suburbs unbelievably funny.???Karen Alpert, author of I Heart My Little A-Holes ??Jen Mann says the things we??re all too afraid to say. Her honest and hilarious writing style reminds me of David Sedaris and Tina Fey.???Robin O??Bryant, author of Ketchup Is a Vegetable: And Other Lies Moms Tell Themselves ??Jen Mann??s shrewd and unrelenting assault on the absurdity of suburban life is an honest peek into the occasional nightmare that is part of living the American dream. I love Jen. I wish she was my neighbor. It??s so refreshing to know that I??m not the only one who wants to punch almost everyone in the f***ing Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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Recommended: for a selective crew
For those who already know they like her style of writing, for dry snarky moms or people who expect to be a dry snarky mom
Thoughts:
So. This. I had read a short collection of a few of her stories in [b:People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Volume 1|25358964|People I Want to Punch in the Throat Volume 1|Jen Mann|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1438121658l/25358964._SX50_.jpg|56762885] and those three stories gave me enough chuckles that I thought I'd spring for her main, full book here.
Unfortunately for me... these two writings are quite different. The brightly colored series above, which is multiple volumes with a few stories in each, is more about general life observations and recollections. This one here, that you're reading a review for, was more like her current life and life story, focusing on moving to Kansas and having babies. While she tells her stories with a snarky dry wit, the focus of them was largely about being a mom. As a young lady with zero maternal instinct, limited experience with kids, and no intent to ever have children, this read for me like a well-told story about something that could not possibly hold my interest.
For the right person, this would be great (example: my friend Emily, who I recommended this to, LOVED it even though she is also a young lady with no intent to have children). So it definitely isn't a minus for everyone, but for me was one that dampened the whole experience. I was promised threats of throat punching, and instead I got PTA meetings and grocery shopping.
In short, I might recommend reading some of her other writing to see if you like her style (on her blog or in the collection like I mentioned above), and then if you do, commit to this one since it's a longer read. ( )