This will be funny later : a memoir
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New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022].
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First edition.
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341 pages ; 24 cm.
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Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022].
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Book
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First edition.
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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 Roseann'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.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Pentland, J. (2022). This will be funny later: a memoir (First edition.). Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Pentland, Jenny. 2022. This Will Be Funny Later: A Memoir. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Pentland, Jenny. This Will Be Funny Later: A Memoir Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2022.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Pentland, Jenny. This Will Be Funny Later: A Memoir First edition., Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2022.

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