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Title: growing up and becoming more normal
Review: "We Thought You Would be Prettier" by Laurie Notaro, 2005Laurie is growing up and becoming more normal. She is still worried of her size and her social calamities. The spin is still funny, but she has friends who have babies, who move far away, etc. In fact one of the best stories is of an old bar she and her friends frequented. It was closing, mostly due to urban renewal, so there was one last blow out party. All the old friends get there for one last time. Laurie remembers all the good times and some bad times, embarrassing times and the after hours parties, all of it. The times change and she has not been there for years, nor have her friends, but the memories are still there and for one last time they will have some fun, then they will go home and continue their lives. She does not even go to the after hours party.
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