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Bitter is the New Black by Jen Lancaster

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

Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office

Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office

By Jen Lancaster

By Jen Lancaster

By Jen Lancaster

By Jen Lancaster

By Jen Lancaster
Read by Jamie Heinlein

By Jen Lancaster
Read by Jamie Heinlein

Paperback $16.00

Mar 07, 2006 | 416 Pages

Ebook $11.99

Mar 07, 2006 | 416 Pages

Audiobook Download $20.00

May 12, 2009 | 618 Minutes

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    About Bitter is the New Black

    New York Times bestselling author Jen Lancaster takes you from sorority house to penthouse to poorhouse in her hilarious memoir of 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.

    About Bitter is the New Black

    New York Times bestselling author Jen Lancaster takes you from sorority house to penthouse to poorhouse in her hilarious memoir of 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.

    About Bitter is the New Black

    Unabridged ? 11 hours

    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.

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    Also by Jen Lancaster

    By The Numbers
    The Best of Enemies
    I Regret Nothing
    Twisted Sisters
    The Tao of Martha
    See all books by Jen Lancaster

    Also by Jen Lancaster

    By The Numbers
    The Best of Enemies
    I Regret Nothing
    Twisted Sisters
    The Tao of Martha
    See all books by Jen Lancaster

    About Jen Lancaster

    Jen Lancaster is the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books. She resides in the suburbs of Chicago with her husband and their ever-expanding menagerie of ill-behaved pets.

    About Jen Lancaster

    Jen Lancaster is the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books. She resides in the suburbs of Chicago with her husband and their ever-expanding menagerie of ill-behaved pets.

    About Jen Lancaster

    Jen Lancaster is the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books. She resides in the suburbs of Chicago with her husband and their ever-expanding menagerie of ill-behaved pets.

    Product Details

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Humor

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Berkley
    Mar 07, 2006 | 416 Pages | 5-5/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780451217608

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Humor

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Berkley
    Mar 07, 2006 | 416 Pages | ISBN 9781101128404

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Humor | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Penguin Audio
    May 12, 2009 | 618 Minutes | ISBN 9781440641077

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    Praise

    Praise for Jen Lancaster

    “Hilarious.”—InStyle
     
    “A humorous and inspiring approach to navigating middle age.”—Booklist
     
    “[A] hilarious and starkly honest memoir…Witty, bitingly funny, and even thought-provoking at times, I regret not one minute that I spent reading this book.”—The Book Chick

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