This Will Be Funny Later
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This Will Be Funny Later
A funny, biting, and entertaining memoir of coming of age in the shadow of celebrity and finding your own way in the face of absolute chaos that is both a moving portrait of a complicated family and an exploration of the cost of fame. Growing up, Jenny Pentland’s life was a literal sitcom. Many of the storylines for her mother’s smash hit series, Roseanne, were drawn from Pentland’s early family life in working-class Denver. But that was only the beginning of the drama. Roseanne Barr’s success as a comedian catapulted the family from the Rockies to star-studded Hollywood—with its toxic culture of money, celebrity, and prying tabloids that was destabilizing for a child in grade school. By adolescence, Jenny struggled with anxiety and eating issues. Her parents and new stepfather, struggling to help, responded by sending Jenny and her siblings on a grand tour of the self-help movement of the ’80s—from fat camps to brat camps, wilderness survival programs to drug rehab clinics (even though Jenny didn’t take drugs). Becoming an adult, all Jenny wanted was to get married and have kids, despite Roseanne’s admonishments not to limit herself to being just a wife and mother. In this scathingly funny and moving memoir, Pentland reveals what it’s like to grow up as the daughter of a television star and how she navigated the turmoil, eventually finding her own path. Now happily married and raising five sons on a farm, Pentland has worked tirelessly to create the stable family she never had, while coming to terms at last with her deep-seated anxiety. This Will Be Funny Later is a darkly funny and frank chronicle of transition, from childhood to adulthood and motherhood—one woman’s journey to define herself and create the life she always wanted.
Summary of Jenny Pentland's This Will Be Funny Later
Author: Everest Media,
language: en
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
Release Date: 2022-03-24T22:59:00Z
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I was born a breeder. I had already done the hard work of growing a couple ovaries full of eggs, and I was on my way to start hunting for a sperm donor. I was not strong enough to overcome my single-minded compulsion to procreate. #2 I loved playing with my dolls, and I loved the maternal feeling I got when I played with them. However, I was constantly irritated by the fact that my dolls would always want something. #3 I was always in awe of the women around me who seemed to effortlessly handle everything in their life. I wanted to be like them. I wanted to be able to handle everything in my life without feeling overwhelmed. #4 I had a very close relationship with my mother, who was very nurturing. I was always the designated sitter at family get-togethers, and I loved children. I was good at babies.
Summary of Jenny Pentland's This Will Be Funny Later
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 I was born a breeder. I had already done the hard work of growing a couple ovaries full of eggs, and I was on my way to start hunting for a sperm donor. I was not strong enough to overcome my compulsion to procreate. #2 I loved to play with my dolls, and I loved the maternal feeling I got when I played with them. But everyone always bought me new dolls as gifts, and I ended up with a special shelf full of creepy porcelain sprites in bonnets that I had to turn around before going to sleep at night. #3 I was always in awe of the women around me who seemed to have no problem handling everything in their life. I wanted to be like them. I wanted to be able to handle everything in my life calmly and gracefully, without fear or selfcongratulation. #4 I had a very close relationship with my dolls, and I would spend hours caring for them. I was the designated sitter at every family gettogether. I was good at kids, and they liked me.