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Autobiography of a Fat Bride: True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood

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The author of the New York Times bestseller The Idiot Girls’ Action-Adventure Club tackles her biggest challenge grown-up life.

In Autobiography of a Fat Bride , Laurie Notaro tries painfully to make the transition from all-night partyer and bar-stool regular to mortgagee with plumbing problems and no air-conditioning. Laurie finds grown-up life just as harrowing as her reckless youth, as she meets Mr. Right, moves in, settles down, and crosses the toe-stubbing threshold of matrimony. From her mother's grade-school warning to avoid kids in tie-dyed shirts because their hippie parents spent their food money on drugs and art supplies; to her night-before-the-wedding panic over whether her religion is the one where you step on the glass; to her unfortunate overpreparation for the mandatory drug-screening urine test at work; to her audition as a Playboy centerfold as research for a newspaper story, Autobiography of a Fat Bride has the same zits-and-all candor and outrageous humor that made Idiot Girls an instant cult phenomenon.

In Autobiography of a Fat Bride , Laurie contemplates family, home improvement, and the horrible tyrannies of cosmetic saleswomen. She finds that life doesn't necessarily get any easier as you get older. But it does get funnier.

257 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,2002

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Format
257 pages, Paperback
Published
July 8, 2003 by Random House Publishing Group
ISBN
9780375760921
ASIN
037576092X
Language
English

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Lanyaners
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April 26,2025
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I absolutely adore Laurie Notaro. This is the third book I have read from her and she has not disappointed me yet. Spanning from her early days of dating to her life of marriage, this book left me smiling and laughing. Not because her stories are over-the-top antics but because I can relate to them so much. This may be my favorite memoir from her so far. Her constant moments of “wait, was I supposed to become an adult at some point?”, her sarcasm, and her wit left me unable to put down this book.

I have wondered how incredibly awesome it would be to hang out with this essayist and the other humorist essayist, Jen Lancaster. My amusement would never end I have a feeling. A fun, quick read and very enjoyable.
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chirag0010
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April 26,2025
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I really enjoyed the author's humor. I have yet to read any of her books but after this one I plan to read it. I could relate to a lot of the stories considering I am in a fake adulthood as well. I would often laugh at out loud and would have to explain what was so funny to those around me.
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April 26,2025
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Pretty funny. I liked this one more than her first book which just felt like a collection of random articles she had previously published (which I think it was). This book had more of the continuity of a novel while still maintaining the funny, vignette-like glimpses of Notaro's life.
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Lettuceto
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April 26,2025
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I have a feeling that Laurie Notaro would get along with David Sedaris just fine! Her honest life stories are both heartwarming & hilarious. I enjoy reading books about real people by real people. The author certainly tells it like it is. This one will take you through all of her adult relationship challenges. And oh yes, let's not forget the "weight" struggles that we all have in our lives. In the end, her wit prevails in this gem of a book.
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DarthKitty
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April 26,2025
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Not my style at all. I got really tired of it very fast and it is one of the few books in my life I decided not to finish. Cannot believe I read 3/4 of it before letting myself let it go. I did not like anything about it - the vocabulary, the style, the content. This book was given to me when I was flying and desperate, having finished all my New Yorkers and books.
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April 26,2025
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My DMIL gave me this book while my DH and I were engaged. It doesn't sound like a nice thing to give your daughter in law but it turns out it really, really was. My mother in law has great taste in humor. This book made me snort 19 times on the first few pages. It was a joke to be in the same room with me while I read it because I would literally laugh every few seconds. Not Guffaw or ha ha.. no laugh.. put the damn book DOWN and LAUGH! Side splitting stuff here.

I want to give it 8 stars.
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Nervin
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April 26,2025
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hilarious!!! laughed out loud a lot...even read parts out loud to my boyfriend as it was seriously sooooo what anyone who has ever lived with the opposite sex has gone through. Laurie Notaro definitely has a gift for writing comedically which can be very tough.

another great point to mention on this book is that each chapter is like it's own short story. You can read one, put it down for months & when you pick it back up it's no problem to jump back in. Super hilarious & lighthearted. I loved reading this while reading other books as it was my go-to book for a total laugh & sometimes that's just what your looking for
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April 26,2025
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Riotously funny! Laurie Notaro strings together the mundane, frustrating, and embarrassing moments, and turns it into pure hilarity.

Even toddlers, pets and siblings do not escape scrutiny and provide many of the messy yet charming vignettes of life.

Also gotta give props to her husband, mom, Nana and Pop Pop who add immensely to her tale of adulthood.

Some stories are random and a little confusing, but the author doesn't back down. Perhaps that's the point... Growing up is all of that and more.

This book made me laugh out loud, snort and tear up as Laurie Notaro proved that age is just a number.
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