Everything You Ever Wanted: A Memoir, (Paperback)

from InsightsGal

I was familiar with Jillian Lauren's work via her first memoir (a delicious read!) Some Girls. After reading that book you know that Lauren isn't your run of the mill gal...which is what makes Everything You Ever Wanted that much more interesting! The focus of this book is her and her husband's w...

from bleached

A year ago I probably would have read Jillian's memoir and only taken away how much it must suck to be her, but after working for Head Start and having families dealing with very similar struggles, it really struck home. I have found myself and other teachers using some of the techniques Jillian ...

from fanoftheoffice

I read the author's first memoir, Some Girls, several years ago and thought it was a fascinating story, so when I learned she published another book, I knew I had to read it. This story in Everything You Ever Wanted is definitely less extraordinary than the one in Some Girls but that doesn't stop...

from chutzpanit

I had never heard of this author nor this book but loved reading her journey of adoption and creating a family in a non-traditional way. She also shared concerns of what raising children is like that I think are far beyond those of adoption but close to every parent trying to find what's best for...

from minacee

Jillian Lauren is a "reformed" wild child (reformed in that she is no longer a drug addict or in a harem) but she's never stopped being adventurous or passionate, In this heartfelt and honest memoir, her second, she brings us into her confidence as she becomes a wife and mother. Lauren marries th...