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001 2014049499
003 DLC
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008 150421s2015 nyu 000 0aeng
010 $a 2014049499
020 $a9781592409136 (hardcover)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aCT275.K64$bA3 2015
082 00 $a306.87092$aB$223
084 $aBIO026000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aKnapp, Gwendolyn,$d1981-$eauthor.
245 10 $aAfter a while you just get used to it :$ba tale of family clutter /$cGwendolyn Knapp.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York, New York :$bGotham Books,$c[2015]
300 $avii, 247 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 2 $a"A vibrant new voice ups the self-deprecating memoir ante with tragicomic tales of her dysfunctional life in swampland Florida and America's Big Easy. A dive bar palm reader who calls herself the Disco Queen Taiwan; a slumlord with a penis-of-the-day LISTSERV; and Betty, the middle-aged Tales of the Cocktail volunteer who soils her pants on a party bus and is dealt with in the worst possible way. These are just a few of the unforgettable characters who populate Gwendolyn Knapp's hilarious and heartbreaking--yet ultimately uplifting--memoir debut, After a While You Just Get Used to It. Growing up in a dying breed of eccentric Florida crackers, Knapp thought she had it rough--what with her pack rat mother, Margie; her aunt Susie, who has fewer teeth than prison stays; and Margie's bipolar boyfriend, John. But not long after Knapp moves to New Orleans, Margie packs up her House of Hoarders and follows along. As if Knapp weren't struggling enough to keep herself afloat, working odd jobs and trying to find love while suffering from irritable bowel syndrome, the thirty-year-old realizes that she's never going to escape her family's unendingly dysfunctional drama. Knapp honed her writing chops and distinctive Southern Gothic-humor style writing short pieces and participating in the renowned reading series Literary Death Match. Now, like bestselling authors Jenny Lawson, Laurie Notaro, and Julie Klausner before her, Knapp bares her sad and twisted life for readers everywhere to enjoy"--$cProvided by publisher.
600 10 $aKnapp, Gwendolyn,$d1981-
600 10 $aKnapp, Gwendolyn,$d1981-$xFamily.
650 0 $aDysfunctional families$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aPoor whites$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aEccentrics and eccentricities$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aCompulsive hoarding$zUnited States.
651 0 $aFlorida$vBiography.
651 0 $aNew Orleans (La.)$vBiography.
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$u9781592409136.jpg