Bitter Is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smart-Ass, or Why You Should Never Carry a Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office

by Jen Lancaster

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780451217608
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/07/2006
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	161,755
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

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.

Editorial Reviews

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

From the Publisher