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In a zany and candid new collection of essays, the author of What Wendell Wants offers a diatribe on life as a woman in her thirties, addressing such concerns as getting older, losing weight, one's biological clock, marriage, love affairs, quitting smoking, suburbia, and abandoning one's carefree existence. Original. 30,000 first printing.
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In her acclaimed books I Do. I Did. Now What?! and What Wendell Wants, Jenny Lee hilariously chronicled the milestones of getting married and getting a dog. Now she takes on the most terrifying milestone of all: getting older. Tackling everything from the peer pressure to have children to resisting the siren call of suburbia, Skinny Bitching delivers unsparingly witty commentary on:• What to do when you actually start breaking out again like you did in junior high school (how is that even possible?)• Saying good-bye to going to bars, seeing bands, and generally being cool• Finally facing the fact that those extra ten pounds are never coming off• Dealing with the fact that just when you finally know what you want out of a husband, it’s too late to exchange himIn a hilarious and poignant homage to thirty-something women everywhere, Jenny Lee lets us in on her most intimate secrets as she transforms her modern-day angst into something timeless, moving, and unfailingly funny.
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