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| The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death: Reflections on Revenge, Germophobia, and Laser Hair Removal | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 42 reviews)
Sales Rank: 17675
Category: Book
Author: Laurie Notaro
Publisher: Villard
Studio: Villard
Manufacturer: Villard
Label: Villard
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 1400065038
Dewey Decimal Number: 814.6
EAN: 9781400065035
ASIN: 1400065038
Publication Date: June 24, 2008
Release Date: June 24, 2008
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Product Description
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 Cleveland 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.
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 I love this book! December 29, 2008
I got this book free on my Kindle and could not stop reading it. My husband and myself spent hours just sitting in our car in the driveway laughing our butts off and reading this book to eachother. Thank you Laurie Notaro I am now going to read everything you have written and am going to buy "flaming tantrum" for everyone I know.
slow start. hilarious stories!
December 28, 2008
slow first story but she kills it from then on.women in our 30s have found our muse! i loved it!
The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death December 27, 2008
I saw this book as a freebie for my kindle and thought what the heck, I'd give it a try. I'd never heard of Laurie Notaro and since there was nothing to lose then it wouldn't hurt to check it out.
OMG! I laughed out loud and of course just had to read parts to my husband. His first comments were "Does the $1 an hour really work? I have a five, will that keep you quiet so I can read?" I swear it was like talking to a friend on the phone - what a hoot!
Without the freebie I might never have heard of Laurie and now I am already ordering the rest of her books. In fact several copies so that I can share with my firends!
(Laurie - What a great idea to share one of your books in such a manner. I am now a fan and I'm sure my friends will enjoy your books too! Thanks!!!)
Love her quirky sense of humor December 22, 2008
If you are looking for a few laughs, this is for you! This is a compilation of essays will make you laugh out loud and those around you will give you funny looks wondering what the heck you are reading. I am looking forward to her next book!
hysterical! December 20, 2008
This is the funniest book I have read in a long time. I got it as a free kindle download but cant wait to fork over some cash for her other books.
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