Miss Fortune: Fresh Perspectives on Having It All from Someone Who Is Not Okay

I loved the interview on Fresh Air, so I bought the book.I think some people will love this book a lot more than I did. I found it somewhat disjointed. I applaud the author's ability and her strengh to express with such candor the emotions and insecurities that we all feel (although hers seem to be turned up to 11). We have tested limits in relationships, from childhood, to employment, to romance and marriage. This book lets you see just how far that can go.For me, there was a bit too much candor. That said, I am reading the other one, so...

Lauren Weedman is funny, and if you enjoyed her last book, A Woman Trapped in a Woman's Body, you really won't want to miss this one.I agree with those who compare her to David Sedaris. I'm a huge Sedaris fan, and she is a similar talent. To me, Weedman's stories feel a bit darker than his.Miss Fortune is a collection of autobiographical stories/essays, all of them highly personal. It's like she's inviting you inside her head, and her willingness to expose her humanity, her vulnerability, her mistakes is beautiful. I read this on a plane, and I was sorry when we touched down because I had to stop for a while--I'd gotten so absorbed.If you're looking for something thoughtful, funny, fresh, raw, and emotionally honest, give this a read.

Funny and real and heartbreaking. A woman writing about a real life with all the ups, downs, wounds and crazy people. There aren't that many books that can really hit me, but this one did. I laughed out loud, cringed, gasped and had to put it down sometimes to just let what I'd read bake in my brain and gut. Just as good as her previous book, "A Woman Trapped in a Woman's Body", so get that one, too.

Lauren is a talented story teller. I laughed, cringed, felt sad and relieved knowing she was and would be okay. I thank her for being brave enough to share her personal stories. This is a book I could not put the book down.

I have laughed out loud so many times while reading this book. The author has a great sense of humor, and says what we all want to say about life. I will be purchasing her other book and looking forward to new ones she might write.

I love Lauren Weedman’s brain. Very funny, touching and well written book. It’s a def read. People around me were actually getting annoyed because I was snort laughing too much.

Hysterical. Lauren Weedman is a truly masterful storyteller. Honest, raw and will have you laughing to yourself in bed delightfully.

I love this book. Lauren Weedman writes with such a fearlessness, it reminds us that we are not alone. Even in our darkest times. (Even though we all are) And you laugh into tears in the same instance. A gem.