Welcome to the United States of Anxiety
Observations from a Reforming Neurotic

Never thought I'd read another Jen Lancaster book- I liked several of her earlier books, but her fiction never wad my thing and in recent years, i just don't appreciate privileged snark the way I once did- add in a healthy dose of total irritation at any Republicans since 2016, and knowing she was a......more

I’m really not sure what I just read. Jen Lancaster used to be an author whose books I would buy based on just her name on the cover. That stopped awhile ago. But every time there’s a deal on one, I bite again. The Tao of Martha, Stories I’d Tell in Bars, and now this. I just don’t know what to say......more

Trite and unconvincing. Clever ideas -- such as updating Abraham Maslow's "hierarchy of needs" from 1943 to the present day -- flit by, sometimes with success, just as often not. I often felt that a Gen Xer who had "been to college" had to tell us all about it, whether the results were truly funny o......more

Intensely Personal Humorous Nonfiction When I first opened this book, I loved the cartoon of Maslow's hierarchy at the beginning. Most of us who've been to college in the last 30 or 40 years are familiar with this pyramid of need. The book is broadly structured around this hierarchy. The author is a......more

I love when an author tries something new and writes in a new style. Jen Lancaster has proven that she can bring the facts and her sarcastic and witty point of view. While I will always love her snarky memoirs and tales of pop culture, I have room in my cold dark heart for books like Welcome to the......more