In the irreverent Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, Lawson’s long-suffering husband and sweet daughter help her uncover the surprising discovery that the most terribly human moments—the ones we want to pretend never happened—are the very same moments that make us the people we are today. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. I’m not saying he intentionally threw me out of a moving car, just that an opportunity presented itself and that my father is a dangerous man who shouldn’t be trusted. So I learned Spanish (I actually have a degree in Spanish philology), went to study in Madrid, Spain when I was 20.

Lawson made the decision to infuse humor into even her most traumatic stories of dealing with infertility, loss, and arthritis. Most girls think if you don’t have girl friends it’s because you secretly want to steal their boyfriends or that you are untrustworthy. For every intellectual misfit who thought they were the only ones to think the things that Lawson dares to say out loud, this is a poignant and hysterical look at the dark, disturbing, yet wonderful moments of our lives.Most importantly, it will motivate you to love yourself, despite your flaws, quirks, idiosyncrasies and insecurities. I’ll let you know if I do indeed win, and if I do, I will look for Nathan Fillion and whap him upside the head with it. I have no idea where she got the ‘and we lived in a dugout’ thing, although we did take her to Carlsbad Caverns once. My aunt Roxie and I are convinced you are our “sista’ by anotha mothuh” and on that note, thought you’d appreciate this excerpt from an actual Groupon ad for trench coats I was checking out today.

I had so much fun when I read Furiously Happy back in 2016, and I’m still not sure why it took me this long to pick up Jenny Lawson‘s first memoir… I’ve been meaning to read Let’s Pretend This Never Happened for years now, and although I’m glad I finally did, a part of me was a bit disappointed by what I found. Because they're the ones who helped you put them there a nd sometimes, if you're really lucky, they help you dig them back up” and “I try to be appreciative of what I have instead of bitter about what I’ve lost.

I have been very sick lately with no access to your site (tear) so I am counting the days for the book release so I have a travel edition of your stories. In a way, I think I'm lucky that we had so little but always had access to books, because it taught me the joy of escaping into other worlds.