I Know What I'm Doing - and Other Lies I Tell Myself: Dispatches from a Life Under Construction
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- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release Date:04-12-16
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Jen Kirkman wants to be the voice in your head that says, "Hey, you're okay. Even if you sometimes think you aren't! And especially if other people try to tell you you're not." In I Know What I'm Doing - and Other Lies I Tell Myself, Jen offers up all the gory details of a life permanently in progress. She reassures you that it's okay to not have life completely figured out, even when you reach middle age (and find your first gray pubic hair!).
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Publisher's Summary
New York Times best-selling author and stand-up comedian Jen Kirkman delivers a hilarious, candid memoir about marriage, divorce, sex, turning 40, and still not quite having life figured out.
Jen Kirkman wants to be the voice in your head that says, "Hey, you're okay. Even if you sometimes think you aren't! And especially if other people try to tell you you're not." In I Know What I'm Doing - and Other Lies I Tell Myself, Jen offers up all the gory details of a life permanently in progress. She reassures you that it's okay to not have life completely figured out, even when you reach middle age (and find your first gray pubic hair!). She talks about making unusual or unpopular life decisions (such as cultivating a "friend with benefits" or not going home for the holidays) because you don't necessarily want for yourself what everyone else seems to think you should. It's about renting when everyone says you should own, dating around when everyone thinks you should settle down, and traveling alone when everyone pities you for going to Paris without a man.
From marriage to divorce and sex to mental health, I Know What I'm Doing - and Other Lies I Tell Myself is about embracing the fact that life is a bit of a sh*t show, and it's definitely more than okay to stay true to yourself.
©2016 Jen Kirkman (P)2016 Simon & Schuster Audio
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What would have made I Know What I'm Doing - and Other Lies I Tell Myself better?Haha, if she'd actually had something interesting to say. Her voice was rather monotone, I was hoping for some real punch but it just wasn't there.
What was most disappointing about Jen Kirkman’s story?quite dry, in fact plain boring. I maybe laughed out loud once during the whole book.
Would you be willing to try another one of Jen Kirkman’s performances?we'll see...
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?expected to be amused, but I was not.
Any additional comments?well, hurrah for her that she can make a living with this kind of material. I've never heard/ seen her doing a live show. somehow something got lost in translation...
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