Bad Habits: A Book of Confessions about Confession

Bad Habits: A Book of Confessions about Confession

by Jenny McCarthy
Bad Habits: A Book of Confessions about Confession

Bad Habits: A Book of Confessions about Confession

by Jenny McCarthy

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Overview

Jenny McCarthy--actress, comedian, activist, and New York Times bestselling author--candidly recounts her humorous Catholic upbringing, from her childhood dream of becoming a nun to her Playmate of the Year centerfold, and all of the Hail Mary's in between.

In keeping with the theme of her comedic New York Times bestsellers, from Belly Laughs to Love, Lust & Faking It, McCarthy brings her trademark honesty, humility, and humor to bear as she chronicles her often embarrassing, occasionally outlandish, and always entertaining life as a born-and-raised Catholic girl.

Jenny attended one of the most prestigious all-girl Catholic schools in Chicago. While most young girls in Jenny's neighborhood were playing with Cabbage Patch dolls for fun, Jenny was playing with Jesus, Mary, and Joseph dolls. She had every intention of growing up and becoming a nun, but a few hilarious speed bumps and blinking red lights along the way changed her mind. Jenny never did accept Sister Mary's reasoning that she could avoid purgatory if she just bought a string necklace for $10. The fact that two of her aunts are simultaneously nuns and cops-yes, they carry guns and shoot people while wearing a habit-never made complete sense to her. And neither does her mother's insistence that Jenny bury certain religious statues in the front lawns of her houses before she sells them. But then again, Jenny does have four of them buried across Southern California.

This book tells the story of what went wrong during Jenny's Catholic upbringing, or, as Jenny puts it now, what went right. Chapters include: "I Knew I Should Have Worn Underwear to Church", "Jesus' Baby Mama", "Can Someone Kill Our Dog, Please?", and "Oh No, My Mom is Going to Hell."

Bad Habits is a brutally honest, hilarious memoir that will delight the legions of Jenny McCarthy fans.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781401304782
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 10/02/2012
Sold by: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format: eBook
Pages: 288
File size: 4 MB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

About The Author
Jenny McCarthy is the author of ten books, including the New York Times bestsellers Belly Laughs and Baby Laughs. Getting her start as the host of MTV's hugely popular dating show Singled Out, McCarthy has had a high-profile television and film career and has been a guest on virtually every television talk show, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live, The View, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Late Show with David Letterman, and more.

Table of Contents

1 I Knew I Should Have Worn Underwear to Church l

2 The Age of Innocence 7

3 Sister Jenny 11

4 I Want to Be a Jew! 17

5 I'm Totally Possessed by the Devil, Like Totally 25

6 Jenny's First Fall from Grace 35

7 Stay Home and Make It a Godbuster Night 43

8 Jesus's Baby Mama 47

9 Like a Virgin 51

10 If Gluttony Is Evil, Why Are So Many Catholics Alcoholics? 57

11 Monkey See, Monkey Do 65

12 GOD: Thou Shalt Not Have Strange Gods Before Me. JENNY: I'm Cool with That But… Who Are You? 73

13 Jesus Was My Justin Bieber 79

14 GOD: Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Goods. JENNY But What If My Neighbor's Shit Is Really, Really Awesome? 85

15 The Purpose of Lent? I Give Up 95

16 Girls Gone Wild 99

17 O Holy Night 111

18 Can Someone Kill Our Dog, Please? 119

19 Leap of Faith 125

20 PRIEST: You Sold Your Soul to the Devil! JENNY: And I Gave It to Him Half Price! 131

21 I'm Losing My Religion… Just Like R.E.M. 145

22 I See Dead People 153

23 There Is Only So Much Bleach a Girl Can Take 165

24 Oh No, My Mom Is Going to Hell! 171

25 Belly Cries to Belly Laughs 173

26 Aho Mitakuye Oyasin 181

27 Curious Jenny and the Man in the Big White Hat 187

28 Step Away from the Vicodin and Sit on the Toilet 201

29 Losing My Identity 207

30 Evan's Chapter 215

31 Recovering Catholic 217

32 Finding My State of Grace 221

Acknowledgments 223

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