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Lets pretend this never happened is a hilarious memoir of a woman who owns up to her embarrassing moments, cherishes them, and knows they made her who she is. Free download or read online lets pretend this never happened. Her second book, furiously happy, was released on september 22, 2015. Lets pretend this never happened audiobook jenny lawson. Ive reserved the very best stories of my life for this book to celebrate the strange, and to give thanks for the bizarre.
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Furiously happy is about depression and mental illness, but deep down its about. For fans of tina fey and david sedarisinternet star jenny lawson. Its about the surprising discovery that the most terribly human momentsthe ones we want to pretend never happenedare the very same moments that make us who we are today. Lets pretend this never happened discussion questions. As a fan of jenny lawsons blog the bloggess i have no idea why it has taken me so long to read her first book and im kicking myself because let s pretend this never happened is without a doubt one of the funniest books ive ever read. But yet i read plenty of books by bloggers jen lancaster, jen mann, laurie notaro, etc. And because there is joy in embracing rather than running from the utter absurdity of life.
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