It's Not That I'm Bitter...: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying about Visible Panty Lines and Conquered the World

by Gina Barreca

Book Overview

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 deliciously quotable 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 hilarious punch while gleefully rejecting emotional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312547277
• ISBN13: 9780312547271
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Brilliant! Hysterical! summer reading

Gina's new book is incredibly funny--really stupendous summer reading!! I have too many favorite parts to list, but I'm particularly tickled by the GWDLTWWs (the Guys We Don't Like to Work With) and the chapter called "If You Don't Pay Your Exorcist, Do You Get Repossessed?" Your fellow sunbathers might look at you strangely on the beach because you're doing that snorty laugh you have no control over, but isn't it worth it? I mean really.

I can definitely relate to this one!

This book is hysterical! I laughed so hard my stomach ached, and I had tears running down my face. I could barely breathe. Everytime I would get control of myself and try to read another line, I would crack up again. I have recommended this book to my friends who have book clubs, and all the females in my family who are 40-something and beyond. It's great to be able to put things into perspective and laugh at ourselves. This would be a great book to put on CD!

Nice to know I'm not alone . . .

NOT THAT I'M BITTER is laugh-out-loud funny and will make you feel less alone in the world. Barreca admits those things I thought were my personal quirks and grievances, and I put the book down feeling that they are now sources of triumphant solidarity rather than embarrassing little peccadillos. "I, too, agonize over errant chin hairs and have tweezers in my car's cupholders!" "I, too, respond to compliments with detailed explanations about why the compliments are undeserved!" "I, too, have experienced the sly manipulations of Guys We Don't Like To Work With (GWDLTWW) who tell me I'm angry when I simply disagree!" What a relief!

Fabulous Book!!!!

Hilarious, witty, and wise! This is a truly fabulous book. It's definitely one of those books you'll want to keep out and refer to on a regular basis for big fat laughs and sage advice. Thanks, Gina!

Mandatory reading for teenage girls

Where was this book, NOT THAT I'M BITTER, all my life? It will be a hilarious, nail-biting romp for middle aged women, but even more important, it should be mandatory reading for all teenage girls. If they absorb Barreca's witty wisdom, it will guarantee a future female life WITHOUT bitterness, and instead one filled with confidence, power, good will and much heart. I'm giving it to both my daughters as a way of saying that our generation did all this for you--read Barreca and you will do it better. For all its humanity and heart, BITTER manages to be funny and entertaining as well. Barreca is truly one of a kind--better than chicklit, delectably worse than straight feminist message-making--she's a breath of fresh air for us all.