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Books & Banter

2025-03-18 17:30:00 2025-03-18 18:30:00 America/New_York Books & Banter This month we will be reading "Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir" by Jenny Lawson. Peterborough Town Library - Eben Jones Classroom

Tuesday, March 18
5:30pm - 6:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-03-18 17:30:00 2025-03-18 18:30:00 America/New_York Books & Banter This month we will be reading "Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir" by Jenny Lawson. Peterborough Town Library - Eben Jones Classroom

Peterborough Town Library

Eben Jones Classroom

This month we will be reading "Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir" by Jenny Lawson.

The #1 New York Times bestselling (mostly true) memoir from the hilarious author of Furiously Happy.

“Gaspingly funny and wonderfully inappropriate.”—O, The Oprah Magazine

When Jenny Lawson was little, all she ever wanted was to fit in. That dream was cut short by her fantastically unbalanced father and a morbidly eccentric childhood. It did, however, open up an opportunity for Lawson to find the humor in the strange shame-spiral that is her life, and we are all the better for it.

In the irreverent Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, Lawson’s long-suffering husband and sweet daughter help her uncover the surprising discovery that the most terribly human moments—the ones we want to pretend never happened—are the very same moments that make us the people we are today. For every intellectual misfit who thought they were the only ones to think the things that Lawson dares to say out loud, this is a poignant and hysterical look at the dark, disturbing, yet wonderful moments of our lives.


How it Works?

Books & Banter meets monthly at 5:30pm. Books will be available at the library circulation desk in mid January. If you would like an alternative format (large print, audio CD), please let us know and we’ll do our best to accommodate your request.

If you have questions or would like to be added to the Books & Banter email list, contact Rebecca at renman@peterboroughnh.gov or call the Help Desk: 603-924-8040.

All are welcome to our discussions!

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Club |

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Peterborough Town Library

Phone: 603-924-8040

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Sat, Dec 13 9:00AM to 3:00PM
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Peterborough Town Library, located downtown at the corner of Main and Concord/Rt 202, has a large meeting room, study rooms, classroom, and a board room available to the public.

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Peterborough Town Library - Eben Jones Classroom
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