NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Laurie Notaro has an uncanny ability to
attract insanity--and leave readers doubled over with laughter. Need
proof? Check out The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death and
try not to bust a gut.
Join Notaro as she experiences the popular phenomenon of laser hair
removal (because at least one of her chins should be stubble-free);
bemoans the scourge of the Open Mouth Coughers on America's airplanes
and in similarly congested areas; welcomes the newest ex-con (yay, a sex
offender!) to her neighborhood; and watches, against her own better
judgment, every Discovery Health Channel special on parasites and
tapeworms that has ever aired--resulting in an overwhelming fear that a
worm the size of a python will soon come a-knocking on her back door.
In Notaro's world, strangers are stranger than fiction. One must always
check the hotel bathroom for hobo hairs and consciously remember not to
stare at old men with giant man-boobies. And then there are the lessons
she has learned the hard way: Though it may seem like a good idea, it's
best not to hire a tweaked-out homeless guy to clean up your yard.
The Plain Dealer says that Laurie Notaro is "a scream, the
freak-magnet of a girlfriend you can't wait to meet for a drink to hear
her latest story." With The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of
Death, Notaro proves she's not only funny but resigned to the fact that
you can't look bad ass in a Prius. Don't even try.
