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 Office | 
| Author: Jen Lancaster
Publisher: NAL Trade
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  305 reviews
Sales Rank: 72757
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Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.8
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
ASIN: B000O17CZG
Publication Date: March 7, 2006
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Product Description
Jen Lancaster was living the sweet life-until real life kicked her to the curb.
She had the perfect man, the perfect job-hell, she had the perfect life-and there was no reason to think it wouldn't last. Or maybe there was, but Jen Lancaster was too busy being manicured, pedicured, highlighted, and generally adored to notice.
This is the smart-mouthed, soul-searching story of a woman trying to figure out what happens next when she's gone from six figures to unemployment checks and she stops to reconsider some of the less-than-rosy attitudes and values she thought she'd never have to answer for when times were good.
Filled with caustic wit and unusual insight, it's a rollicking read as speedy and unpredictable as the trajectory of a burst balloon.
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 Laugh out loud! July 14, 2008
Honest, sometimes shockingly, and laugh out loud hilarious! You should hate her for how mean she is at times, but I found myself cheering her on and even agreeing with her.
Want to read more from this author! July 5, 2008
This book left me wanting to read more from this author. I found this book to be interesting, funny, acerbic and touching. Some of the stories were written so vividly, I could imagine being there and only wishing I could have thought up some of the comeback lines and comments that Jen Lancaster provided. Recommend for those readers who want a more light-hearted memoir (instead of all those depressing ones that are around!).
Bitter is beautiful June 28, 2008
The fact that this is a true story kills me. I felt so bad for Jen. I emailed the author after I finished the book I was so moved by her story. I laughed, too.
Hilarious! Laugh out loud! June 21, 2008
Hilarious! I had so many laugh out loud moments that I had to share with whoever was sitting next to me!! Great book. Awesome summer read.
A review from someone freshly unemployed June 7, 2008
Sometimes I go through a chick-lit period I'm not proud of so it's a good thing this book turned out wayyyy beyond chick-lit.
In fact, I wouldn't put it in that category, which saves me the embarrassment of recommending this to anyone and everyone.
It had the Thing I Do the Least against it in the first place - paying full-price instead of it being the product of a three-hour long search at the local used bookstore. Even with that kind of opposition, I consider it to be a sound investment. I even endured the laughing out loud it caused while I was on an airplane while sitting in the triple person seat next to a lady who was a bit of a rich whiner.
Considering I just quit my job as a baker who worked with peckerheads, this book gave me hope that, even though I might need to eat a Cat n' Dog Casserole for awhile, holding out to be a writer just might be worth it.
Thanks for writing this book!!! Read it (and this includes those who are employed)!
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