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It Looked Different on the Model: Epic Tales of Impending Shame and Infamy
It Looked Different on the Model: Epic Tales of Impending Shame and Infamy
It Looked Different on the Model: Epic Tales of Impending Shame and Infamy
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It Looked Different on the Model: Epic Tales of Impending Shame and Infamy

Written by Laurie Notaro

Narrated by Hillary Huber

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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About this audiobook

Everyone's favorite Idiot Girl, Laurie Notaro, is just trying to find the right fit, whether it's in the adorable blouse that looks charming on the mannequin but leaves her in a literal bind or in her neighborhood after she's shamefully exposed at a holiday party by delivering a low-quality rendition of "Jingle Bells." Notaro makes misstep after riotous misstep as she tries (and catastrophically fails) to gain some ground-delightfully whipping up butter-laden cupcakes for the local vegan kids, finding herself banned from the post office for wanting too many two-cent stamps ("The post-office lady looked at me like I had just asked her if she wanted to buy my sex tape"), and discovering what appears to be a corpse on her front lawn seconds before her sister is due to visit ("I had approximately three to four minutes to move the carcass from my yard into my neighbors' yard so my sister would think it was their dead person"). She shares tales of marriage and family, including stories about the dog-bark translator that deciphers Notaro's and her husband's own "woofs" a little too accurately, the emails from her mother with "FWD" in the subject line ("which in email code means Forecasting World Destruction"), and the dead-of-night shopping sprees and Devil Dog-devouring monkeyshines of a creature known as "Ambien Laurie."

At every turn, Notaro's pluck and irresistible candor sets the New York Times bestselling author on a journey that's laugh-out-loud funny and utterly unforgettable.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 26, 2011
ISBN9781452672649
It Looked Different on the Model: Epic Tales of Impending Shame and Infamy
Author

Laurie Notaro

Laurie Notaro is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the humor memoirs The Idiot Girls’ Action-Adventure Club, Autobiography of a Fat Bride, I Love Everybody, The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death, a finalist for the Thurber Prize, and Housebroken, among others. She is also the author of three works of fiction, including the historical novel Crossing the Horizon. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she then spent the remainder of her formative years in Phoenix, Arizona, where she created something of a checkered past. Laurie now resides in Eugene, Oregon, has a cute dog and a nice husband, and misses Mexican food like it was her youth.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I'll be practically falling off the couch because I'm laughing so much while my husband just looks at me in utter bemusement. Laurie Notaro writes about the things the rest of us pretend don't happen. Not only does she embrace the crazy things that happen to her, she shares them with everyone. She teaches us to hold your head up no matter what happens. And she does it with a sense of humor that I envy!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    It Looked Different on the Model: Epic Tales of Impending Shame and Infamy by Laurie Notaro

    ★★★★★ ♥

    I’ve pretty much read every Laurie Notaro book, and as usual, this one did not disappoint in the least. In fact, I would say that this is one of my favorite by her. She is hilarious. If you enjoy Jen Lancaster, this is no way you can’t enjoy Notaro and vise versa.

    The situations that Laurie gets herself into are too funny, I found myself laughing on several occasions while reading this book. They are also situations that one can see themselves getting into. For the most part, they aren’t over top, making her very relatable. I would recommend this for anyone looking for some humor. It’s a fun, quick read. I know I had trouble putting it down. I was even disappointed that sleep finally took over at several points (being super sick and on sleepy meds does that) because it meant putting down the book. I look forward to her next book being released this coming week (on 5/7/2013).
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Notaro tackles the dressing room, the front yard, and the post office in this follow up to her Idiots Girl series.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    LOVE Laurie Notaro!! Always a great laugh!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Funny stories from the author's life. FWD e-mails from her mother which equates future world destruction. Getting banned from the neighborhood Christmas party due to lip synching Jingle Bells. Having trees stolen from planters in her front yard. A wrestling match with a shirt that is mis-sized in a dressing room. And the dog translator collar which tells you what the dog's bark means. Some were just hilarious.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Finally figured out to do a 1/2 star!! Yay me!! Overall enjoyed this collection from Notaro, but I found it to be a bit uneven. The belly laughs were there, but interspersed with a little too much, "oh, that's kinda cute." With that said, the belly laughs are worth the price of admission.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Pretty funny book. I had fun listening to it while I worked. I think people were wondering why I was laughing sometimes.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Couldn't get into the stories; the humor's a bit too droll for my taste. The author does have a keen observational sense.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    I must not have the same sense of humor as the people who gave it 4 stars. If you like books like; Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman by Lisa Scottoline or I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron ( both of which I loved!) I don't think you will enjoy miss Notaro's humor. I only laughed hard while reading 1 chapter and after trying to like this book I had to gave up on chapter 7. It was just not my kind of writing.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This book is so good that I have recited passages while acting them out to friends and family. I sat at my desk and laughed out loud at Laurie's antics. I wish that she had written a hundred books so I could just continuously read her. Seriously...this is one of the funniest books that I have ever read. I was completely entertained. The essays cover:Wrestling with a shirt in a dressing roomAmbien LaurieChocolate Stars on her husband's pillowThe state of being of nonlicked childrenVacationing with her nephewPick her up! You will be entertained!
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Similar to her other stuff, funny and sarcastic.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    She's funny.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I think Laurie Notaro is hilarious. She has a way of taking every day situations and describing them in a way that makes you laugh. She has a way of articulating those things you may have thought or been frustrated by and making you laugh about them.For example, who hasn't grabbed the wrong size and gotten stuck in it in a dressing room? Or received all of those FWD emails from a mother warning of dire circumstances? Overall a good read and a good laugh!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Another fun book from Laurie Notaro! The chapter where she realizes that size M and an L are very different and her dressing room antics had tears running down my face! And who hasn’t gotten those FWDFWDFWDFWD from your parents or in-laws with every hoax available to man and no matter how many times you tell them it’s a hoax they still send them along to you!Ambien Laurie is freaking hilarious and makes me wonder what this drug is supposed to do because it didn’t seem to help her sleep!I enjoy Laurie’s sense of humor its sardonic and sarcastic and I can relate to her very well. Laurie’s books are fun and will make you laugh if you like sarcastic humor.As usual Hilary Huber does a great job at the narration!4 Stars
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    What do a hand massage, a dog bark-to-English translating device, a gorgeous shirt, jellyfish, vegan children, antique kitchen timers, and holiday sing-a-longs have in common? They're all present in this hilarious installment of Laurie Notaro's continuing memoirs-in-short story form. There are a few tales that never gain the steam needed to stay tuned for the comical payoff at the end, but the majority of them keep the laughs (and in some cases, nausea) coming. My personal favorite? Ambien Laurie. I want to crack up just thinking about it.The great thing about Notaro's non-fiction is that at the end of every single book, I just want to go get a cup of coffee with her and make fun of all the other people in the coffeeshop. I'm sure I'm not the only fan of her books that feels that way. (And for the record, I also adore her fiction.)The only reason I've rated the book at 3 stars instead of 4 is that I believe the narrator for the audiobook was poorly chosen. While she excels at the voice of Laurie's mother (which requires an over-the-top performance), most of the other voices were either far too expressive (Laurie) or not expressive enough (Laurie's husband, Jamie). I'll admit that I have a bias toward memoirs read by the author (as opposed to fictional works which I believe should NEVER be read by the author), but Ms. Huber just was not the right choice for this project.