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Una LaMarche

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in New York, NY, The United States

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http://www.sassycurmudgeon.com

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Young Adult, Humor and Comedy

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David Sedaris, Fran Lebowitz, Eloise

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Una LaMarche is a writer and amateur Melrose Place historian who lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband, her son, and her hoard of vintage Sassy magazines. Una used to be a fancy magazine and newspaper editor before she had a baby and started writing from home, sometimes pantsless, for a living. Her first novel, Five Summers, is being released from Razorbill in May, and she’s currently in development on a second. She also writes for The New York Observer (of which she is a former managing editor), The Huffington Post, Vegas Seven, NickMom, and Aiming Low. Una continues to blog at The Sassy Curmudgeon, which she started in 2006 as a way to bring shame to her family. You can find her on Twitter under the handle @sassycurmudgeon. (If she ...more

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I left Lilly Tomlin in because we don't have a pet, and sometimes I pretend she's my mom.Today, Jeff and I have been married nine years.

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Just kidding. I mean, that's kind of anticlimactic. It's not like ten. At ten, you can throw yourself some kind of luau-themed vow renewals at a luxury resort, invite all of your friends and drink too much until you push someone into the in... Read more of this blog post »

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	Like No Other 3.70 avg rating — 2,523 ratings — published 2014 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Five Summers 3.60 avg rating — 1,379 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unabrow: Misadventures of a Late Bloomer 3.48 avg rating — 1,136 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don't Fail Me Now 3.79 avg rating — 710 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You in Five Acts 3.74 avg rating — 618 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Call of the Mild: Learning to Hunt My Own Dinner

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Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots

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Una LaMarche rated a book it was amazing Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama recommended for: Everyone	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Barack Obama is a really good, and honest writer.
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Una LaMarche rated a book really liked it No Lifeguard: The Accidental Life of the World's First Supermodel by Janice Dickinson recommended for: Lovers of VH1 celebrity specials	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I love me some Janice.
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Una LaMarche rated a book it was amazing Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott (Goodreads Author) recommended for: Would-be writers	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is the best writing-process book I have read, and reads like a novel, not a how-to.
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Una LaMarche rated a book really liked it My Latest Grievance by Elinor Lipman (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Una LaMarche rated a book really liked it The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones by Anthony Bourdain recommended for: Nasty chefs, foodies	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Kitchen Confidential is better, but this is almost as good. Yum.
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Una LaMarche rated a book really liked it Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously by Julie Powell recommended for: People who love food or who are going through midlife crises	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Fun, quick read that manages to have both humor and heart. I specialize in one-sentence reviews. Okay, two sentences. Shit, that's four.
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“This was the kind of guy who should be someone's first love. Someone who brought you flowers and refilled your water glass without your having to ask. Someone who watched you across the crowded rooms just to make sure you were okay. Someone who loved you quietly from a distance, without pressuring you or wanting you to change.”
― Una LaMarche, Five Summers

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“But one of the cruelties of teenagehood is that you’ll never know what your parents were really like at your age, and they’ll never accurately remember—not enough to empathize, anyway . . . maybe just enough for pity.”
― Una LaMarche, Like No Other

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“Plus, he was funny, with that almost imperceptible edge of sadness that's like catnip to anyone with a double-X chromosome. Throughout our years of friendship, Adam always had some not-quite-thing going on with some not-quite-right girl. He had a knack for making everyone feel close to him, when no one really was.”
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