Housebroken
Subtitle: admissions of an untidy life
By: Laurie Notaro
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9781101886083
Subjects: Humor; American Humorists; Biography; Women
Description: "#1 New York Times bestselling author Laurie Notaro isn't exactly a domestic goddess--unless that means she fully embraces her genetic hoarding predisposition, sneaks peeks at her husband's daily journal, or has made a list of the people she wants on her Apocalypse Survival team (her husband's not on it). Notaro chronicles her chronic misfortune in the domestic arts, including cooking, cleaning, and putting on Spanx while sweaty (which should technically qualify as an Olympic sport). Housebroken is a rollicking new collection of essays showcasing her irreverent wit and inability to feel shame. From defying nature in the quest to make her own Twinkies, to begging her new neighbors not to become urban livestock keepers, to teaching her eight-year-old nephew about hoboes, Notaro recounts her best efforts--and hilarious failures--in keeping a household inches away from being condemned. After all, home wasn't built in a day. Praise for Laurie Notaro "Notaro is a scream, the freak-magnet of a girlfriend you can't wait to meet for a drink to hear her latest story."--The Plain Dealer "If Laurie Notaro's books don't inspire pants-wetting fits of laughter, then please consult your physician, because, clearly, your funny bone is broken."--Jen Lancaster, author of I Regret Nothing "Hilarious, fabulously improper, and completely relatable, Notaro is the queen of funny."--Celia Rivenbark, author of Rude Bitches Make Me Tired"--
Notes: "A Ballantine Books Trade Paperback Original"--Title-page verso.
Table of contents: title: Birth of a hoarder; title: Thank you for being unfriend; title: Housebroken; title: Kissssssss me; title: I do not want shit in my shoes; title: The incredible travels of SS Laurie, the destroyer; title: I will survive. Hey. Hey.; title: The ham-off; title: The day I grew a second head; title: Scattered, covered, and smothered: the infinite wisdom of Waffle House; title: Goy toy; title: Laurie is a big B; title: God save the Twinkie; title: Nana's recipes; title: Make me a dress!!; title: Behold the power of cheese; title: Smokin' hot; title: Fatty fatty two by four; title: Modern housecraft; title: The year my mother canceled Christmas; title: The spaghetti level of relationship; title: The pile; title: Timber; title: Where is home?; title: Dear Laurie, age twenty-five.