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Miss Fortune: fresh perspectives on having it all from someone who is not okay
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New York : Plume, 2016.
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286 pages ; 21 cm
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Rancho Cordova
818.602 W394 2016
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"Lauren Weedman is not okay. She's living what should be the good life in sunny Los Angeles. After a gig as a correspondent with The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, she scored parts in blockbuster movies, which led to memorable recurring roles on HBO's Hung and Looking. She had a loving husband and an adorable baby boy. In these comedic memoirs, she turns a piercingly observant, darkly funny lens on the ways her life is actually Not Okay. She tells the story of her husband's affair with their babysitter, her first and only threesome, a tattoo gone horribly awry, and how the birth of her son caused mama drama with her own mother and birth mother with laugh-out-loud wit and a powerful undercurrent of vulnerability that pulls off a stunning balance between comedy and tragedy"--

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"Lauren Weedman is not okay. She's living what should be the good life in sunny Los Angeles. After a gig as a correspondent with The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, she scored parts in blockbuster movies, which led to memorable recurring roles on HBO's Hung and Looking. She had a loving husband and an adorable baby boy. In these comedic memoirs, she turns a piercingly observant, darkly funny lens on the ways her life is actually Not Okay. She tells the story of her husband's affair with their babysitter, her first and only threesome, a tattoo gone horribly awry, and how the birth of her son caused mama drama with her own mother and birth mother with laugh-out-loud wit and a powerful undercurrent of vulnerability that pulls off a stunning balance between comedy and tragedy"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Weedman, L. (2016). Miss Fortune: fresh perspectives on having it all from someone who is not okay. New York, Plume.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Weedman, Lauren. 2016. Miss Fortune: Fresh Perspectives On Having It All From Someone Who Is Not Okay. New York, Plume.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Weedman, Lauren, Miss Fortune: Fresh Perspectives On Having It All From Someone Who Is Not Okay. New York, Plume, 2016.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Weedman, Lauren. Miss Fortune: Fresh Perspectives On Having It All From Someone Who Is Not Okay. New York, Plume, 2016.

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