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#1 bestselling author Laurie Notaro isnt exactly a domestic goddessunless that means she fully embraces her genetic hoarding predisposition, sneaks peeks at her husbands daily journal, or has made a list of the people she wants on her Apocalypse Survival team (her husbands not on it). Notaro chronicles her chronic misfortune in the domestic arts, including cooking, cleaning, and putting on Spanx while sweaty (which should technically qualify as an Olympic sport). isarollicking new collection of essays showcasing her irreverent wit and inability to feel shame. From defying nature in the quest to make her own Twinkies, to begging her new neighbors not to become urban livestock keepers, to teaching her eight-year-old nephew about hoboes, Notaro recounts her best effortsand hilarious failuresin keeping a household inches away from being condemned. After all, home wasnt built in a day.

Praise for Laurie Notaro

Notaro is a scream, the freak-magnet of a girlfriend you cant wait to meet for a drink to hear her latest story.

If Laurie Notaros books dont inspire pants-wetting fits of laughter, then please consult your physician, because, clearly, your funny bone is broken.Jen Lancaster, author of

Hilarious, fabulously improper, and completely relatable, Notaro is the queen of funny.Celia Rivenbark, author of