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My Fair Lazy
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My Fair Lazy (2010) (edit title/settings)

One Reality Television Addict's Attempt to Discover If Not Being a Dumb Ass Is the New Black, or, A Culture-Up Manifesto

by Jen Lancaster (Author) (edit contributors)

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It's a JENaissance! The New York Times bestselling author of Pretty in Plaid gets her culture on. Readers have followed Jen Lancaster through job loss, sucky city living, weight loss attempts, and 1980s nostalgia. Now Jen chronicles her efforts to achieve cultural enlightenment, with... read more

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Prepare to witness a renaissance - make that a JENaissance! My Fair Lazy follows New York Times bestelling author Jen Lancaster's efforts to achieve cultural enlightment, and bears witness to the hilarious missteps and genuine moments of inspiration she encounters along the way.

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Prepare to witness a renaissance - make that a JENaissance! My Fair Lazy follows New York Times bestelling author Jen Lancaster's efforts to achieve cultural enlightment, and bears witness to the hilarious missteps and genuine moments of inspiration she encounters along the way.

In her quest to expand her horizons in the hopes of simultaneously expanding the material available to her as a writer and improving her inteactions with her fellow man, Jen attempts to turn the tide on her natural propensity of sloth by exposing herself to an assortment of new cultural experiences. And so we watch as she goes to her first modern-dance recital, reads canonical literature (and some less than canonical literature), rubs elbows with stars of stage and film, and tastes food that she's never even heard of, let alone thought to eat.

In Jen's corner is a crack team of experts, including Page Six socialites, gourmet chefs, and a theater aficionado. Along the way she may discover that high-priced, stinky cheese taste exactly as bad as it smells and that her love for Kraft American Singles is forever. But one thing's for sure: Eliza Doolittle's got nothing on Jen Lancaster.

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  • “I hate jazz so much that I won't even go to brunch most places. Thanks a lot, Miles Davis. You've totally ruined waffles for me.”
    Jen Lancaster
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First Sentence edit see section history

Sipping wine out of a paper cup, I'm perched on a tall stool across from my literary idol, Candace Bushnell, who's interviewing me for her Sirus radio show.

Table of Contents edit see section history

1. The Rat World/Road Rules Challenge
2. (Not My) High School Reunion
3. So You Think They Can Dance?
4. Do You Have Love for New York?
5. Outwit, Outlast, Outclassed
6. Extreme Makeover: Dumb-Ass Edition
7. Property Ladder
8. The Biggest Winner
9. The Flavor of FAIL
10. Survivor: Chinatown
11. Shear Jenius
12. Wickedly Imperfect
13. Nightmares, of the Nonkitchen Variety
14. Either You're In or You're Out
15. Have Fork, Will Travel
16. The Real World: Middle Age
17. I Love New York 2

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  1. Jen Lancaster (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: NAL Hardcover
Country: USA
Publication Date: May 4, 2010
ISBN: 978-0451229861
Page Count: 384

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Reading Level: Adults

women's literature

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