Light Summer Reads: Jen Lancaster

I’ve been wanting to write an entry about fun and fashion-y summer reads and, in the back of my mind, I always wanted to start with Jen Lancaster‘s books: Bitter is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, or, Why You Should Never Carry a Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office and Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl’s Guide to Why it Often Sucks in the City, or Who are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me? I read both last year and I loved them! They were very clever, snarky and quick to read. Perfect for the poolside or to lighten your mood when waiting at the BMV.

But, while perusing Amazon, I saw this:

To my surprise, Mrs. Lancaster has a new book out called Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist’s Quest To Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, Or Why Pie is Not The Answer. It’s the third in her trilogy of memoirs and I think it should be just as entertaining as the first two installments (NOTE: If you decide to read these, I do recommend starting with Bitter since there is a chronological order).

Here is Jen’s note about the new book:

“To whom the fat rolls…I’m tired of books where a self-loathing heroine is teased to the point where she starves herself skinny in hopes of a fabulous new life. And I hate the message that women can’t possibly be happy until we all fit into our skinny jeans. I don’t find these stories uplifting; they make me want to hug these women and take them out for fizzy champagne drinks and cheesecake and explain to them that until they figure out their insides, their outsides don’t matter. Unfortunately, being overweight isn’t simply a societal issue that can be fixed with a dose healthy of positive self-esteem. It’s a health matter, and here on the eve of my fortieth year, I’ve learned I have to make changes so I don’t, you know, die. Because what good if finally being able to afford a pedicure if I lose a foot to adult onset diabetes?”

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