I am Laurie Notaro
Written: Aug 29 '07 (Updated Aug 30 '07)
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Pros: Hilarious, true short stories that most women can relate to
Cons: Possibly offensive words and situations
The Bottom Line: For every woman that "Loves Everybody" this book is a must read.
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| cmaw63's Full Review: Laurie Notaro - I Love Everybody (and Other Atroci... |
Okay, I'm not physically Laurie Notaro. Although, mentally we are long lost twins. Her books have kept me laughing out loud at the stories of life, family, and encounters, close enough to what I have lived that (if I had the talent) I could have written. I Love Everybody, in all of its sarcastic glory, holds the punchlines to the joke called my life.
I Love Everybody (and Other Atrocious Lies)
"...I really wouldn't even identify myself as a mean person; rather, I would classify myself as a Pointer-Outer of Extraordinary Acts of Incredible Foolishness and, on Occasion, Rudeness. Some people, including my husband, would call these experiences meltdowns, but I would rather consider them Opportunities to Enlighten." Yes, Yes, Yes! That has become my mantra now. I am not mad, I am taking this "opportunity to enlighten" you, so you will never, ever repeat that which has great potential to upset me. I took the "opportunity to enlighten" several of my co-workers. Instead of smiles and thanks, I received a keychain that reads "I don't suffer from pms, everyone around me does" and coupons for Midol in my mailbox at work.
Parking space stealers, highway lane changers, free sample ladies at Costco giving away flavored water(next to a water fountain), Laurie points out and enlightens them all. She says what I wish I had been quick enough to think of when presented with similar situations.
Her personal foibles are not safe either. She admits to wearing underwear that have the elastic stretched so far that the leg openings bloom into a skirt and the waistband looks like a kangaroo pouch. This becomes especially embarrassing during a trip to the ER, where she passes out and wakes up to find her clothes being cut off. Or how about the time she's trying to put out a small fire behind her house, in the middle of the night, when she realizes she is in nothing but a t-shirt and skirt underwear and minutes away from meeting "that cute fireman".
We've all had that one supervisor that drives us crazy. We get to meet "The Grinch", Laurie's boss in I Love Everybody. He is slowly replacing her picture and work with a "2 lb. dog in a bumble bee outfit". I know I could identify with Laurie's former supervisor, Gretchen. Gretchen has four personalities...none of them nice. Laurie's luck holds...Gretchen gets promoted up and away and Suzzi steps in. You don't think it was good luck do you?
In I Love Everybody, Laurie writes short stories that most women can identify with. Page after page I found myself nodding my head in agreement and saying "Right on sister!". Her husband, family, friends, neighbors, and strangers...no one is safe from, what I now call, the Notaro Word Noose. She is the master at putting a verbal rope around the problems and hanging them out for all to read.
Other Laurie Notaro Books
Autobiography of a Fat Bride: True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood
An Idiot Girl's Christmas: True Tales From The Top Of The Naughty List
Recommended:
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