Title:
Housebroken : admissions of an untidy life / Laurie Notaro.
ISBN:
9781101886083
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Publication Information:
New York : Ballantine Books, 2016.
Physical Description:
x, 270 pages ; 21 cm
Contents:
Birth of a hoarder -- Thank you for being unfriend -- Housebroken -- Kissssssss me -- I do not want shit in my shoes -- The incredible travels of SS Laurie, the destroyer -- I will survive. Hey. Hey. -- The ham-off -- The day I grew a second head -- Scattered, covered, and smothered: the infinite wisdom of Waffle House -- Goy toy -- Laurie is a big B -- God save the Twinkie -- Nana's recipes -- Make me a dress!! -- Behold the power of cheese -- Smokin' hot -- Fatty fatty two by four -- Modern housecraft -- The year my mother canceled Christmas -- The spaghetti level of relationship -- The pile -- Timber -- Where is home? -- Dear Laurie, age twenty-five.
Summary:
"#1 New York Times bestselling author Laurie Notaro isn't exactly a domestic goddess--unless that means she fully embraces her genetic hoarding predisposition, sneaks peeks at her husband's daily journal, or has made a list of the people she wants on her Apocalypse Survival team (her husband's not on it). Notaro chronicles her chronic misfortune in the domestic arts, including cooking, cleaning, and putting on Spanx while sweaty (which should technically qualify as an Olympic sport). Housebroken is a rollicking new collection of essays showcasing her irreverent wit and inability to feel shame. From defying nature in the quest to make her own Twinkies, to begging her new neighbors not to become urban livestock keepers, to teaching her eight-year-old nephew about hoboes, Notaro recounts her best efforts--and hilarious failures--in keeping a household inches away from being condemned. After all, home wasn't built in a day. -- Provided by publisher.
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OCLC Number:
ocn926061544
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