Unabrow: Misadventures of a Late Bloomer

Author: LaMarche, Una

Brand: PLUME

Color: Multicolor

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 272

Release Date: 31-03-2015

Part Number: 9780142181447

Details: Product Description


In between highbrow and lowbrow, there’s
Unabrow.
 
"Take the cast of ‘Bridesmaids,’ add a dash of pre-pubescent Eugene Levy, and you have the humor stylings of Una LaMarche."—Ann Imig, founder of
Listen to Your Mother
 
As a girl, Una LaMarche was as smart as she was awkward. She was blessed with a precocious intellect, a love of all things pop culture, and eyebrows bushier than Frida Kahlo’s. Adversity made her stronger...and funnier. In
Unabrow, Una shares the cringe-inducing lessons she’s learned from a life as a late bloomer, including the seven deadly sins of DIY bangs, how not to make your own jorts, and how to handle pregnancy, plucking, and the rites of passage during which your own body is your worst frenemy.
 
For readers who loved
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened and for fans of Mindy Kaling, Tina Fey, and Amy Schumer,
Unabrow is the book June Cleaver would have written if she spent more time drinking and less time vacuuming.


Review


"Hilarious, poignant, deceptively 'light'... well worth reading for the reflection and laughter it provokes in equal and utterly enjoyable measures."—
Chicago Tribune

"A combo of quirky humor and rich fantasy life throughout this collection of 20 essays, which are interspersed with hilarious graphs, cartoons, and line drawings... LaMarche is entertaining and fresh; readers will want to savor this sassy, offbeat commentary."—
Publishers Weekly

Praise for Una LaMarche:
 
“Hilarious and spot-on."—F*cked in Park Slope
 
A best humor blog of the year, 2013—Babble.com

"A hilarious memoir. With an impeccable sense of humor, LaMarche guides us through her misadventures and serves up invaluable insights."—Sarah Barron, author of
People Are Unappealing
 
“If you have suffered the indignity of growing up female in America, you will love Una LaMarche. She is the kind of lady who will admit that she typed "BUTT DISAPPEARED!" into Google, and that is the kind of lady who deserves your time.”—Jessica Grose, author of
Sad Desk Salad
 
"Take the cast of ‘Bridesmaids,’ add a dash of pre-pubescent Eugene Levy, and you have the humor stylings of the inimitable Una LaMarche. I adore this book."—Ann Imig, founder of
Listen to Your Mother

"Una La Marche owns up to everything you probably still wouldn't admit—and she does it with laugh-out-loud style."—Amy Wilson, author of
When Did I Get Like This?


About the Author


UNA LAMARCHE is an award-winning journalist and blogger. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and son.


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UNABROW


Photo by Jeff Zorabedian


UNA LAMARCHE is a writer and unaccredited Melrose Place historian who lives in Brooklyn with her husband, son, and hoard of vintage Sassy magazines. She is the author of two young adult novels, Five Summers and Like No Other, and remains a member in good standing of the Baby-sitters Club Fan Club. Lena Dunham once favorited one of her tweets.
 
 
 
Praise for Unabrow
 
“This book had me laughing out loud on every page. Una LaMarche has mastered the art of self-effacement.”
—Mara Wilson, actress and author of (K) for Kid
“Una La Marche owns up to everything you probably still wouldn’t admit—and she does it with laugh-out-loud style.”
—Amy Wilson, author of When Did I Get Like This?
“Una LaMarche is a delightful writer: funny, irreverent, with a sweet, good heart underneath it all.”
—Sara Benincasa, author of Agorafabulous!
“After spending my life believing I was the only freak ever to have one boob grow in months before the other, along comes Una LaMarche to let me know I was never alone. For anyone who’s ever eaten an elderly piece of candy found under the stove, or who is still upset that Billy and Alison never got married on Melrose Place, you will recognize yourself in these pages. Part confessional, part manual, Unabrow is all hilarious.”
—Caissie St.Onge, co–executive producer of Watch What Happens Live!


Published by the Penguin Group
Penguin Group (USA) LL

EAN: 9780142181447

Package Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches

Languages: English