It's Not That I'm Bitter . . .
Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Visible Panty Lines and Conquered the World
ISBN10: 0312547277
ISBN13: 9780312547271
Trade Paperback
240 Pages
$18.99
CA$26.99
In a world where eye cream is made from placenta, Gina Barreca is the lone voice calling out "But wait, whose placenta is it?" In this collection of essays, Gina asks the big questions: Why is there no King Charming? Why does no bra ever fit? Why do people say "cougar" like it's a bad thing? Why do we call it a glass ceiling when it's just a thick layer of men? Barreca packs a punch while rejecting emotional torture, embracing humor, and showing women how they can conquer the world with good friends, sharp wit, and a bit of practical irreverance.
Reviews
Praise for It's Not That I'm Bitter . . .
"Gina Barreca is very, very funny. For a woman."—Dave Barry
"[Barreca] is a brilliant and witty writer."—Psychology Today
"University of Connecticut English Professor Barreca offers feminism for the everywoman in these humorous essays. Expect poignant insights tucked between the laugh lines."—Ms. Magazine
"Some people are funny in an acid-edged cocktail lounge, like Dorothy Parker, in a smoky French cafe, like David Sedaris, or in a crazy English country house, like P.G. Wodehouse. Gina is funny in your kitchen, in the ladies' room of your favorite restaurant, in the awful dressing room with forty-seven ugly bathing suits around you. Gina Barreca is funny, for real."—Amy Bloom
"This thought-provoking book entertains while it educates and enlightens. Wise women will get what she writes about; wise men would do well to read it, too."—Hartford Courant
"Regina Barreca's prose, in equal measures, is hilarious and humane. Her no-holds-barred observations make me laugh, tear up a little, and nod my head in recognition. A witty paisana, Barreca packs a punch and lays bare our foibles."—Wally Lamb
"These eminently readable pieces will have people laughing out loud, then sighing thoughtfully. Many readers, especially women, will enjoy, discuss, and reread this quick, breezy work of commentary, a book that stirs up dust long after its covers are closed."—Booklist
"Barreca is probably the funniest woman writing in America. She does what all great comedians do, latches onto the absurd, looks at it from a number of equally absurd angles and is pretty fearless at making fun of anything, including herself."—Rita Ciresi, award-winning author of Mother Rocket and Pink Slip
"Between the snappy observations, Barreca takes an opportunity to liken the progression of contemporary feminist thought to a car accident—it's not so much that we're in a backlash as we're in a whiplash."—Publishers Weekly