Much to Your Chagrin by Suzanne Guillette
“People who don’t have embarrassing stories are untrustworthy. Or at the very least, they aren’t telling the truth.” These words of wisdom come from author Suzanne Guillette, whose first book “Much to Your Chagrin” takes a fresh look at the moments in life — big and small — that are simply embarrassing but make you who you are!
I’d like to add a third category for people with embarrassing stories: people (like me) who are actually private and only tell their closest friends their most embarrassing tales. Of course, many embarrassing moments are a direct result of being socially awkward or from over-consumption. Yep, PR speak for too much wine, beer, cosmos, or whatever potion I was enjoying at the time. My loud laugh and inability to keep my opinion to myself have certainly caused more than one embarrassing moment. Let’s just leave it at that.
Reading this book brought back great memories of my dear friend Kristin, who has been an important part of my life since third grade. Kristin is the Queen of being goofy to the point of wrong. Nine times out of 10, she will pull a stunt to get a laugh from her friends, and usually ends up with an “OMG moment” that lives in infamy. Her spirit and energy are contagious, and even her goofs and spoofs are endearing and down-right hilarious.
With that, I am going to present my copy of “Much to Your Chagrin” to Kristin, the woman who could write her own memoir of embarrassment that I would love to read almost as much I loved witnessing.
– LTV Mom
This post was inspired by the Silicon Valley Moms Blog book club selection, Much to Your Chagrin by Suzanne Guillette. The book is an honest memoir of embarrassing, laugh-out-loud, and oh-no-you-didn’t moments. The book is available at Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.
Just trying to squeeze in some television between mothering, working and crashing.
