Bitter is the New Black - Jen Lancaster

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Title: Bitter is the New Black
Author: Jen Lancaster
Genre: Memoir
Rating: 4/5
# pages: 398
Date read: April, 2011

Jen Lancaster was living the sweet life-until real life kicked her to the curb.

She had the perfect man, the perfect job-hell, she had the perfect life-and there was no reason to think it wouldn't last. Or maybe there was, but Jen Lancaster was too busy being manicured, pedicured, highlighted, and generally adored to notice.

This is the smart-mouthed, soul-searching story of a woman trying to figure out what happens next when she's gone from six figures to unemployment checks and she stops to reconsider some of the less-than-rosy attitudes and values she thought she'd never have to answer for when times were good.

Somehow I'd managed to confuse myself into thinking this was a book of essays or blog posts, so it was a bit of a surprise to discover a memoir instead. Once I'd gotten my head around my misunderstanding, I ended up really liking it though. I was gratified to see that Jen wasn't quite as Egomaniacal and Self-Centered as her book title would have her appear, and that she didn't come across as a real-life Bridget Jones or Shopaholic, but that she decided to make the best of a bad situation, rather than just giving up altogether.

I'm curious about her two other books now.