Summary

Untitled Introduction – Jenny Lawson explains this book is a love letter to her family about being human and how people are defined by their reactions to life’s imperfect moments.

Introduction – Jenny Lawson writes that her book will contain things mostly accurate and mostly true so that she can avoid being sued. She explains that readers will frequently encounter rambling parenthetical phrases and that people need to learn how to take jokes. Also, some may find one thing in the entire book they are sensitive about, for which Jenny apologizes.

I Was a Three Year-Old Arsonist – Jenny is born in Austin, Texas. Her father is a soldier while her mother is a lunch lady and a homemaker. Jenny likes to wave at soldiers from the window as a child from her crib. When her parents move her crib...