Jenny Lawson realized that the most mortifying moments of our lives - the ones we'd like to pretend never happened - are in fact the ones that define us. In Let's Pretend This Never Happened, Lawson takes listeners on a hilarious journey recalling her bizarre upbringing in rural Texas, her devastatingly awkward high school years, and her relationship with her long-suffering husband, Victor.

Chapters include: "Stanley the Magical, Talking Squirrel", "A Series of Angry Post-It Notes to My Husband", "My Vagina Is Fine. Thanks for Asking", and "And Then I Snuck a Dead Cuban Alligator on an Airplane".

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April 17, 2012
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Listening Length	8 hours and 41 minutes
Author	Jenny Lawson
Narrator	Jenny Lawson
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Audible.com Release Date	April 17, 2012
Publisher	Penguin Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B007UWP66O
Best Sellers Rank	#5,873 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #48 in Parenting & Families Humor #76 in Biographies of Women #106 in Humor Essays (Books)

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loretta

Let's Pretend That I Never Read This Book. That's How Bad it Was.

Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2018

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What did I like? About 2 chapters where she talked about meeting her husband. I thought maybe it was going to turn into a decent book. I was wrong. What did I dislike? I disliked that somehow this ended up on the New York Times Bestseller List as as a #1 Seller; that Entertainment Weekly gave it glowing reviews; that Ladies Home Journal called it "the funniest memoir ever...."; that People Magazine, the Washington Post, etc. gave this raving reviews. I am clearly not in touch with what is going on in the world. It was trash. Complete and utter trash.

I was looking for an uplifting humorous book. Something to make me smile. All of the reviews said that this was the book to buy. They were wrong and I paid too much money for this book. I don't know what I am going to do with it. I can't give it to a local charity because I would be ashamed. I can't recommend and share it with a friend. All I have left is to throw it in the garbage. What a waste of good paper (I should have bought it on Kindle, my mistake). Did I mention that I don't like the book? She made money on this book? And sadly, I ordered two humorous books at the same time and now I see that the second one is written by Jenny Lawson as well! The joke is obviously on me, but I refuse to let her and these blind book critiques have the last laugh!

Save yourself. Do not buy this book. Save yourself time, money, and aggrevation knowing that people like this are considered "authors". If that is the case, then I am writing my own book because they are selling people a bill of goods and people aren't smart enough to see it.

I am ashamed to know that I spent so much time trying to understand this author (who seems like an intelligent person). She never once made me smile or laugh. She just constantly shocked and amazed me. She actually quit her job in HR to write....this. But hey, she is laughing all the way to the bank. The joke is on us.

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Yesenia

The reason why I don't trust book ratings anymore

Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2019

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Don't waste your money. Please. It's not a story, it's more like reading the diary of a 13yo that overthinks about how awkward and weird they are, when in fact they just exaggerate everything. It's not funny or relatable. Chapters have no coherence with each other. I couldn't even finish it, I tried but I couldn't. The part that really baffled me was the chapter where she has a conversation with her husband through post-its. Like. How. Is. That. In. A. Book. ??? If the conversation would have been funny, or interesting at all, then alright. But it was a total overkill.
I'm honestly not a hard to satisfy person, I'm not a hardcore critic and generally like popular books. I will never comprehend how this book got such success, it really makes me think anyone could write any crap and call it a book, if you have the right connections you get successful.
One star because I can't give less (and for giving me the hopes of becoming a New York Time Bestseller with my teen year's diary if I publish it one day).
I never write reviews but I'm hoping to save someone from the disgrace of owning a copy of this book.

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Matthew Ries

Embarrassingly Too Funny

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2018

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Sometimes you want to forget very embarrassing things that happen in your life and a few of those times you’ll ask your friends to pretend it didn’t happen, now think about that being the majority of your life. Jenny Lawson, aka “The Bloggess”, recounts her life from childhood through school, romance, marriage, and motherhood in her first book, Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir.

Lawson starts off the book by throwing the reader into the deep end of her humor and really doesn’t let them resurface until after finishing the book. Beginning with her childhood in Wall, Texas, Lawson goes through her quirky life from one embarrassing moment to another especially since her own father was a quirky taxidermist whose business was in the backyard AND that was before she even started school. Misadventures in high school—mainly dealing with a cow—and college follow, and it is in the latter where she meets her husband in which the most hilarious moments of her life begin. And through her marriage with Victor, the birth of their daughter, and move out into Texas countryside the misadventures only continue with predictably hilarious, yet embarrassing results.

It’s hard to really evaluate a humorous memoir, except grading it on the content of its own humor. Honestly, given how much I looked forward to reading this book each day and the fact I had to stop reading out of either laughing or just being embarrassed at the author’s own embarrassing situations means it succeeded. Yet on top of that is Lawson’s faux notes from her editor(s) just add to the overall experience of the book. And the added bonus chapter of the paperback of notes from her promotional tour is a cherry on top of everything.

Let’s Pretend This Never Happened is a hilarious memoir of a woman who owns up to her embarrassing moments, cherishes them, and knows they made her who she is. Though this wasn’t the first book by Jenny Lawson that I’ve read, yet now I can see why it became a bestseller and has led to a few more books by Lawson.

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Nekkosan

The Best Part is the Cover

Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2018

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I am surprised I finished this book. The author has a terminal case of "potty mouth" and doesn't know how to communicate below a shout, There was way too many dead and bloody animals, and I thought her story was pathetically obtuse.

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Sarah (Feeling Fictional)

Absolutely hilarious

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 18, 2016

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As a fan of Jenny Lawson's blog (The Bloggess) I have no idea why it has taken me so long to read her first book and I'm kicking myself because Let's Pretend This Never Happened is without a doubt one of the funniest books I've ever read.

This is a mostly true memoir that starts with stories from Jenny's rather crazy childhood thanks to her taxidermist father who had a habit of bringing home random animals as pets (everything from raccoons to armadillos with the occasional porcupine thrown in) or equally random roadkill to be used in his work (the squirrel puppet story was enough to give me nightmares!). I think she inherited her ability to get into the most completely crazy situations from her father (like the time she got her arm stuck in a cow's vagina or the turkeys that used to follow her to school) because surely these things don't happen to most people?

The story continues through Jenny's marriage to Victor and the birth of their daughter Hailey and shares some of their funniest family memories. Victor must have the patience of a saint to deal with everything that gets thrown at him but at the same time I think he's actually quite lucky to have a wife like Jenny. I mean life would never be boring with her around and you only have to read some of their conversations to see that he's just as crazy as she is but in a slightly different way.

Although this book is full of hilarious stories (like the way Jenny's dad threw a bobcat at Victor the first time they met or Jenny's fairly recent addiction to buying taxidermied animals in cute costumes) it also touches on some really difficult subjects like miscarriage, anorexia, depression and anxiety. I think it's those stories that make it even easier to relate to Jenny and I admire the way she has pulled herself through so many difficult times and is still able to see the funny side of life.

This book made me laugh so hard I cried and even flicking through it again now as I'm writing my review I'm having to stop and reread sections all over again because they're still hilarious. I had ordered Jenny's second book, Furiously Happy, before I'd even finished reading the second chapter of this one and that's probably the biggest indication I can give you of how much I loved it. I'd recommend this book to absolutely anyone as long as you're not easily offended, this book is full of colourful language and madcap tales but you'd be hard pressed to find a more amusing memoir.

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Felicity O'K

Amazingly Funny Book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 26, 2020

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This book is the hilarious memoir of Jenny Lawson's childhood and early adult life. It is told with her usual off the wall humour and whilst some of it might seem unbelievable she has added photos as evidence of some of the mad situations she finds herself in. She has GAD (generalised anxiety disorder), which causes disturbing anxious thoughts, but she is brave enough to put her anxious thoughts out into the world, make fun of them and make lots of other with the condition realise that they are not alone. If you want a good belly laugh I would highly recommend this book.

AlisonW

Just wonderful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 22, 2016

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I bought this after reading a review for Lawson’s second book ‘Furiously Happy’. I was intrigued by the review and started to follow Lawson’s blog ‘The Bloggess’ -which is quirky, weird and hilariously funny. Lawson suffers from OCD and generalised anxiety disorder, both mental health issues with which I have personal experience. I also noticed a testimonial on the cover from Caitlin Moran. I adore Caitlin Moran so knew that I had to read this.

The book tells the story of Lawson’s rather unconventional upbringing - I won’t spoil it but it involves all the usual horrors and embarrassments of growing up made a thousand times worse by taxidermy, unfortunate accidents involving dead animals, an incredibly embarrassing father with a penchant for bringing home anything he finds alive or dead by the roadside, anxiety attacks and a memorable occasion involving an arm and a cow’s vagina.

It is, and I hate this term, genuinely laugh out loud funny in parts. But while Lawson is hilarious, she is also self-aware. The book goes on to detail Lawson’s relationship with the long-suffering Victor, their marriage and their attempts at conceiving. Lawson manages to avoid sentimentality and her honesty is refreshing. One minute you’re laughing out loud at the notes she leaves on the fridge threatening to poison Victor because he’s left a towel on the floor, the next you’re crying with her (and it really feels as though you're with her) as she suffers another setback.

She’s real, she’s human and she is an excellent writer.

This book is for everyone who isn’t normal (and isn’t that most of us to some extent). Embrace your weirdness - and do read this book.

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Joe Koot

Best book for 5 years

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 2, 2016

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There are very few books which make me laugh out loud but this is one of the best.
As a sufferer of anxiety disorder, I identify with her symptoms but not the results. I am usually an outgoing, gregarious person but am debilitated by anxiety. I do not have Ms Lawson's strength to go out when an episode is likely to happen so I really admire her ability to take a step back and not just comment but hold herself up to be a source of mirth.
I absolutely loved this book and even paid £4.99 after reading a sample. This is the most I have spent on an Amazon book and I have over 16,000.
I cannot recommend this highly enough.

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Marguerite

Weirdly funny and funnily weird

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 18, 2015

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I started out liking this. It was smart and witty and it was clearly one of those 'I had a terrible life as a kid and was a complete weirdo with no friends but look at me now' type books - which I love and empathise with - though not actually empathise with in terms of stuff that happens in this one, just to be clear! But I have to say, that I got a little tiny bit bored towards the last third or so, because it felt just a little tiny bit smug and too self-referential. On saying that, I liked the author enough to follow her on Twitter now and check out her blog because she is weirdly funny and funnily weird.

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