It Looked Different on the Model

Epic Tales of Impending Shame and Infamy

By: Laurie Notaro

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Everyone's favorite Idiot Girl, Laurie Notaro, is just trying to find the right fit, whether it's in the adorable blouse that looks charming on the mannequin but leaves her in a literal bind or in her neighborhood after she's shamefully exposed at a holiday party by delivering a low-quality rendition of "Jingle Bells." Notaro makes misstep after riotous misstep as she tries (and catastrophically fails) to gain some ground---delightfully whipping up butter-laden cupcakes for the local vegan kids, finding herself banned from the post office for wanting too many two-cent stamps ("The post-office lady looked at me like I had just asked her if she wanted to buy my sex tape"), and discovering what appears to be a corpse on her front lawn seconds before her sister is due to visit ("I had approximately three to four minutes to move the carcass from my yard into my neighbors' yard so my sister would think it was their dead person"). She shares tales of marriage and family, including stories about the dog-bark translator that deciphers Notaro's and her husband's own "woofs" a little too accurately, the emails from her mother with "FWD" in the subject line ("which in email code means Forecasting World Destruction"), and the dead-of-night shopping sprees and Devil Dog-devouring monkeyshines of a creature known as "Ambien Laurie." At every turn, Notaro's pluck and irresistible candor sets the New York Times best-selling author on a journey that's laugh-out-loud funny and utterly unforgettable.

©2011 Laurie Notaro (P)2011 Tantor

Critic reviews

"Notaro's humor is self-deprecating without ever swaying into self-pity, and her situations are both specific and universal." ( Publishers Weekly)

Funny Stuff!

Another fun book from Laurie Notaro! The chapter where she realizes that size M and an L are very different and her dressing room antics had tears running down my face!

And who hasn’t gotten those FWDFWDFWDFWD from your parents or in-laws with every hoax available to man and no matter how many times you tell them it’s a hoax they still send them along to you!

Ambien Laurie is freaking hilarious and makes me wonder what this drug is supposed to do because it didn’t seem to help her sleep!

I enjoy Laurie’s sense of humor its sardonic and sarcastic and I can relate to her very well. Laurie’s books are fun and will make you laugh if you like sarcastic humor.

As usual Hilary Huber does a great job at the narration!

4 Stars

OK I guess

Author is trying to be funny - more specifically, she is trying to be Jen Lancaster. Anonymous notes to the NSA, mean mothers, a "wild and wacky" hubby. Change the names and you have any of Lancaster's books. OK I guess, but be yourself,

nods and grins

I enjoyed this book. had a bit of this and that. Hillarys voice was at times annoying which affected the 5 star rating.

Good for some laughs.

What made the experience of listening to It Looked Different on the Model the most enjoyable?

I love Laura Notaro's books. I find them very entertaining. This book spoke to me.

Interesting Content - Sarcastic Narrator

Is there anything you would change about this book?

The narrator! Her tone was sarcastic and patronizing. It almost ruined the work.

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

The story was interesting. I wouldn't change it.

Would you be willing to try another one of Hillary Huber’s performances?

Probably not.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

No.