Autobiography of a Fat Bride: True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood
by Laurie Notaro
List Price:
Our Price: $3.29
You Save: $10.66 (76%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $2.09 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Laurie NotaroEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-07-08
ISBN: 037576092X
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Villard
Book Reviews of Autobiography of a Fat Bride: True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood
Book Review: Good But Not Great.
Summary: 3 Stars
This was a good book. Not great...but good.
Good because the first half of the book was raw, real and witty. You could tell she put alot of effort into the writing leading up to the wedding and the wedding itself. Her self deprecation and pointed observation of the lunacy that surrounds couples and weddings in general made me laugh out loud.
Not great because after the wedding...the book sort of dies. Yes there are some laugh out loud funny moments...but not nearly as many as the first half. It's like she became tired and decided to "phone in" the last part of the book, from recycled columns or essays previously written. She could have juiced them up just a bit more and this would have been a "Great" book.
Three Stars Out Of Five.
More Autobiography of a Fat Bride: True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood reviews:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Newest Review
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Newest Review
Biographies & Memoirs Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in 2008 Reading List
The Handyman: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)by Carolyn See
Ballantine Books; Published: 2000-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.58
Price in other shops:
Dry: A Memoirby Augusten Burroughs
Picador; Published: 2004-04-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.95
Price in other shops:
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clayby Michael Chabon
Picador; Published: 2001-08-25; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.93
Price in other shops:
Without a Map: A Memoirby Meredith Hall
Beacon Press; Published: 2008-04-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.95
Price in other shops:
The Dive From Clausen's Pier: A Novelby Ann Packer
Vintage; Published: 2003-04-08; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.65
Price in other shops:
The Historianby Elizabeth Kostova
Published: 2005-06-14; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $7.66
Price in other shops:
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Essential Edition): (Plume Essential Edition)by Julia Alvarez
Plume; Published: 2005-08-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.01
Price in other shops:
The Tender Barby J. R. Moehringer
Hyperion; Published: 2006-08-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.15
Price in other shops:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (P.S.)by Betty Smith
Harper Perennial Modern Classics; Published: 2006-06-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.49
Price in other shops:
American Pastoralby Philip Roth
Vintage; Published: 1998-02-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.74
Price in other shops:
Similar books summaries and other product reviews
My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Standsby Chelsea Handler
Bloomsbury USA; Published: 2005-06-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.86
Price in other shops:
Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest To Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass LookBig, Or Why Pie is Not The Answerby Jen Lancaster
NAL Trade; Published: 2008-05-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.09
Price in other shops:
Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why it Often Sucks in the City, or Who are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me?by Jen Lancaster
NAL Trade; Published: 2007-05-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.78
Price in other shops:
Bitter is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass,Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Officeby Jen Lancaster
NAL Trade; Published: 2006-03-07; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.95
Price in other shops:
The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death: Reflections on Revenge, Germophobia, and Laser Hair Removalby Laurie Notaro
Villard; Published: 2008-06-24; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $11.67
Price in other shops:
An Idiot Girl's Christmas: True Tales from the Top of the Naughty Listby Laurie Notaro
Villard; Published: 2005-11-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $8.15
Price in other shops:
There's a (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going to Hell: A Novel of Sewer Pipes, Pageant Queens, and Big Troubleby Laurie Notaro
Villard; Published: 2007-05-29; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.65
Price in other shops:
I Love Everybody (and Other Atrocious Lies): True Tales of a Loudmouth Girlby Laurie Notaro
Villard; Published: 2004-06-08; Paperback; Book
Best price: $14.36
We Thought You Would Be Prettier: True Tales of the Dorkiest Girl Aliveby Laurie Notaro
Villard; Published: 2005-04-19; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.29
Price in other shops:
The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Lifeby Laurie Notaro
Villard; Published: 2002-07-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.96
Price in other shops: