After a While You Just Get Used to It: A Tale of Family

After a While You Just Get Used to It: A Tale of Family Clutter

A vibrant new voice ups the self-deprecating memoir ante with tragicomic tales of her dysfunctional life in swampland Florida and Americaâ€™s Big Easy
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A dive bar palm reader who calls herself the Disco Queen Taiwan; a slumlord with a penis-of-the-day LISTSERV; and Betty, the middle-aged Tales of the Cocktail volunteer who soils her pants on a party bus and is dealt with in the worst possible way. These are just a few of the unforgettable characters who populate Gwendolyn Knappâ€™s hilarious and heartbreakingâ€”yet ultimately upliftingâ€”memoir debut, After a While You Just Get Used to It.
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Growing up in a dying breed of eccentric Florida crackers, Knapp thought she had it roughâ€”what with her pack rat mother, Margie; her aunt Susie, who has fewer teeth than prison stays; and Margieâ€™s bipolar boyfriend, John. But not long after Knapp moves to New Orleans, Margie packs up her House of Hoarders and follows along. As if Knapp werenâ€™t struggling enough to keep herself afloat, working odd jobs and trying to find love while suffering from irritable bowel syndrome, the thirty-year-old realizes that sheâ€™s never going to escape her familyâ€™s unendingly dysfunctional drama.
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Knapp honed her writing chops and distinctive Southern Gothicâ€“humor style writing short pieces and participating in the renowned reading series Literary Death Match. Now, like bestselling authors Jenny Lawson, Laurie Notaro, and Julie Klausner before her, Knapp bares her sad and twisted life for readers everywhere to enjoy.

Country	USA
Author	Gwendolyn Knapp
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	Knapp, Gwendolyn
EAN	9781592409136
ISBN	159240913X
Label	Avery
Manufacturer	Avery
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	256
PublicationDate	2015-06-02
Publisher	Avery
ReleaseDate	2015-06-02
Studio	Avery

After a While You Just Get Used to It: A Tale of Family Clutter

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