Laurie Notaro Signing 7/1/08
Self proclaimed idiot girl Laurie Notaro was at Powells the other night to promote her new book The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death: Reflections of Revenge, Germophobia, and Laser Hair Removal (long title, I know). This is her sixth memoir/essay book following her first attempt at fiction with There’s a Slight Chance I Might Be Going to Hell .
Like the last time I saw her, she is hilarious. This time around she read only one chapter from her new book and jumped right in to the questions. But as she was reading it took her a while to hit her strive as she kept getting sidetracked and wondered off on little tangents about the story. This wasn’t a bad thing. The tangents may not have fit in the context of a book, but they were still funny and enjoyable. The audience participation part of the reading appears to be Notaro’s favorite part and lasted for over an hour. To entice the audience, she brought complimentary products from the Trump hotel in Chicago where she stayed the night before. If a person asked a question they got Revitalizing Facial Soap or a Sewing Kit. When she ran out of Trump branded products, there were Hershey’s Chocolate Twizzlers for everyone!
This time around I had to pick up two copies of her book. One for me and one for my Mom (who has “borrowed” my other copies of Notaro’s books). So in addition to being a good son who gives his Mom books, Laurio Notaro signed my Mom’s copy of the book giving her glowing praise for raising such a good son. I am sure that somehow being endorsed as a “good son” by a New York Times Bestselling author can somehow come in handy in the future. This isn’t the first time. Sue Grafton also praised me for being a good son after I stood in line for two hours waiting for her to sign a book for my Mom. I now think it will be my personal goal to be endorsed by as many bestselling authors as possible and give the books to my Mom. Who’s number one right now? Janet Evanovich with Fearless Fourteen ? Perfect. Now all I need is her to come sign in Portland.
Anyway, review of Notaro’s new book will be up once I finish reading it.
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