Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir

Jenny Lawson

Apr 2012 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Jenny Lawson

About this audiobook

From the New York Times–bestselling author of Furiously Happy.

When Jenny Lawson was little, all she ever wanted was to fit in. That dream was cut short by her fantastically unbalanced father and a morbidly eccentric childhood. It did, however, open up an opportunity for Lawson to find the humor in the strange shame-spiral that is her life, and we are all the better for it.

In the irreverent Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, Lawson’s long-suffering husband and sweet daughter help her uncover the surprising discovery that the most terribly human moments—the ones we want to pretend never happened—are the very same moments that make us the people we are today. For every intellectual misfit who thought they were the only ones to think the things that Lawson dares to say out loud, this is a poignant and hysterical look at the dark, disturbing, yet wonderful moments of our lives.

Ratings and reviews

The lady is nuts! This was recommended by my brother from another mother i.e. possibly separated at birth & my first exposure to Ms. Lawson's work. The written book was honest, funny & refreshing but nothing could prepare me for narrated by the author. Her view on lifes problem little big & perceived are expressed with honest humour. I moved on to her second & am midway through her third not even slightly disappointed. Time well spent

Let's pretend this book never happened... The stories the author shares from her life are compelling, and I'm truly glad she wants to put them out there. However, her annoyingly repetitive jokes completely derail all enjoyment and respect for the book itself. Every other superfluous sentence is ended with "just kidding", "actually I made that up", or "that's a complete lie". After just the first few chapters, I wanted to strangle both her and her enabling editor. I expected this kind of humor would be present after the "mostly true memoir" subtitle, but it was utterly beaten to death. I think she would do well to take a few notes from Jeanette Walls on how to more successfully incorporate humor into an otherwise tragic memoir. And for the love of god, hire a real editor who will actually screen for readability!

Threw it in the trash where it belonged I bought the hard copy and actually thumbed through it before purchasing it. I could not believe her vulger mouth and trashy way of speaking. Good writers and comedians do not have to be nasty and vulger. It's obviously her lack of words that hinder her writing. I would not even give it away or sell it. I honestly threw it in the trash. Which is what it was for me

About the author

Known for her sardonic wit and her hysterically skewed outlook on life, Jenny Lawson has made millions of people question their own sanity, as they found themselves admitting that they, too, often wondered why Jesus wasn’t classified as a zombie, or laughed to the point of bladder failure when she accidentally forgot that she mailed herself a cobra. Lawson’s blog (TheBloggess.com) is award-winning and extremely popular, and she is considered one of the funniest writers of our generation by at least three or four people.