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?

From Publishers Weekly Lancaster (_Bitter Is the New Black_) is a plus-sized, downwardly mobile Republican. She makes fun of disabled people. She cracks nasty about Anna Nicole Smith (granted, she was still alive at the time). She annotates her text with footnotes cheering herself on. When she's feeling particularly mean, she writes in her own "pidgin Spanish." But in spite of all her politically incorrect rantings, there are times when Lancaster is just too on-target to ignore. People who worry about Bush imposing the Christian lifestyle on everyone, for instance, should take heart from how he's raised his daughters—those "twins are but a Jell-O shot away from starring in the presidential edition of Girls Gone Wild ." Even if readers can't altogether sympathize when Lancaster has to downscale her shopping "Holy Trinity" from Bloomingdale's, Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus to IKEA, Target and Trader Joe's—they know what she means when she talks about the relentlessly cheerful sales staff at Trader Joe's, the tough-love staff at Target or how IKEA's going to take over America by keeping us all busy with Allen wrenches. Her humor is a bit like junk food—something you can enjoy when no one is looking. (May) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Product Description Jen Lancaster hates to burst your happy little bubble, but life in the big city isn't all it's cracked up to be. Contrary to what you see on TV and in the movies, most urbanites aren't party-hopping in slinky dresses and strappy stilettos. But lucky for us, Lancaster knows how to make the life of the lower crust mercilessly funny and infinitely entertaining. Whether she's reporting rude neighbors to Homeland Security, harboring a crush on her grocery store clerk, or fighting-and losing-the Battle of the Stairmaster- Lancaster explores how silly, strange, and not-so-fabulous real city living can be. And if anyone doesn't like it, they can kiss her big, fat, pink, puffy down parka. Humor,Authors; American,21st century,General,Personal Memoirs,Biography & Autobiography,Biography,Women,Authors; American - 21st century,Fiction,Lancaster; Jen,Form,Chicago (Ill.),Humorous,Humorous fiction,Chicago (Ill.) - Social life and customs,Essays,City and town life 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? Jen Lancaster hates to burst your happy little bubble, but life in the big city isn't all it's cracked up to be. Contrary to what you see on TV and in the movies, most urbanites aren't party-hopping in slinky dresses and strappy stilettos. But lucky for us, Lancaster knows how to make the life of the lower crust mercilessly funny and infinitely entertaining. Whether she's reporting rude neighbors to Homeland Security, harboring a crush on her grocery store clerk, or fighting-and losing-the Battle of the Stairmaster- Lancaster explores how silly, strange, and not-so-fabulous real city living can be. And if anyone doesn't like it, they can kiss her big, fat, pink, puffy down parka. Sucks and the city -- Church of the Magnificent Mile -- The butt-erfly effect -- All quiet on the Westerville front -- Tuesday Afternoon Drinking Club -- The neocon express -- The only thing we have to fear is Rachael Ray -- Jen Hollywood -- Lovin', touchin', squeezin' (and bruisin') -- Loathe thy neighbor -- If the werewolves are in London. . . -- My so-called (superficial) life -- Loser? Yes, but not the biggest -- I love the smell of cardboard in the morning -- Maisy and me: life and love with the world's most spoiled dog -- No molester: the attack of the sock-monkey pajamas -- The holiday drinking season -- The Marquis de Sade in Mary-Kate clothing -- Be witch. A Hilarious New Memoir By The Best-selling Author Of Bitter Is The New Black Chronicles The Not-so-wonderful Moments Of Her Life In The Big City, From Reporting Rude Neighbors To Homeland Security Or Harboring A Crush On Her Grocery Store Clerk, To Fighting And Losing The Battle Of The Stairmaster. Original. Jen Lancaster shares her humorous views of life in the city, recounting some of her most memorable experiences living in Chicago and explaining why city life is nothing like what it is portrayed as on television I'm clad in my favorite power suit, crafted from the wool of cosseted Australian sheep (of course) and lovingly pieced together by the finest tailors ever to lay thread to silk.