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But Enough About Me: How a Small-Town Girl Went from Shag Carpet to the Red Carpet Kindle Edition

by Jancee Dunn (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 61 ratings
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“Breezy . . . juicy . . . irresistible” this memoir from a former Rolling Stone reporter is “as entertaining as the megastars she has built a career on profiling” (Entertainment Weekly).

New Jersey in the 1980s had everything Jancee Dunn wanted: trips down the shore, Bruce Springsteen, a tantalizing array of malls, and, especially, her family. But one night she met a girl who worked at Rolling Stone magazine in New York City. To Jancee, who visited the city exactly once a year, New York might as well have been in Canada. But she loved music, so she passed along her résumé.

Soon Jancee was behind the scenes, interviewing some of the most famous people in the world, among them Madonna, Cameron Diaz, and Beyoncé. She trekked to the Canadian Rockies to hike with Brad Pitt, was chased by paparazzi who mistook her for Ben Affleck’s new girlfriend, snacked on Velveeta with Dolly Parton, and danced drunkenly onstage with the Beastie Boys. She even became a TV star as a pioneering VJ on MTV2.

As her life spun faster, she traded her good-girl suburban past for late nights and hipster guys. But then a chance meeting turned Jancee’s life in an unexpected direction and helped her to finally learn to appreciate where she came from, who she was, and what she wanted to be.

Hilarious and touching, But Enough About Me is the story of an outsider who couldn’t quite bring herself to become an insider and introduces readers to a lovable real-life heroine.

“An inside look at being a celebrity journalist.” —New Yorker

“Disarmingly funny.” —People

“Relentlessly readable.” —New York Magazine

“Pitch-perfect.” —Vogue
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“Relentlessly readable.”

About the Author

A writer for Rolling Stone since 1989, Jancee Dunn was a correspondent for Good Morning America and an MTV veejay. She has written for GQ, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, the New York Times, and other publications.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000SCHBMA
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins e-books; Reprint edition (October 13, 2009)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 13, 2009
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1693 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 290 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 61 ratings

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Jancee Dunn

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Jancee Dunn is the columnist for Well at the New York Times. She is also a New York Times bestselling author of eight books, including How Not To Hate Your Husband After Kids, which was published in twelve languages, and the essay collection Why Is My Mother Getting a Tattoo?, a finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor. She has written about health for two decades in publications such as Vogue, O, The Oprah Magazine, and Health. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, the writer Tom Vanderbilt, and their daughter.

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Mrs. Mary J. Hada
5.0 out of 5 stars so funny..and learn a little about celebrities also!
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2014
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I started this thinking that I don't really care about Rolling Stone journalists..but it's very interesting..and she writes so much about her life and family too. She is a great writer..I haven't finished..but I kind of hate to! I am going to read her other books too.
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Jim
4.0 out of 5 stars No new gossip, but her story is interesting
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2015
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This was a loose enjoyable book. There's no real insider gossip. Scott Weiland did drugs--yeah we know. Bono wrote Sweetest Thing for his wife-- no secret.
The story of the author growing up was fun to read. I live in New Jersey so I knew the places she went. My family went school shopping at JC Penny's in Willowbrook also.
The book dragged a little in the middle, but it picked up when she dated again. I rooted for her to find another job and handle her friends getting their own lives.
She is a talented author who made this an enjoyable book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars love, love, love this book
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2008
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jancee and her family are fabulous!!!! i just loved them!!!! who could not love her dad?!!! her best friend julie is a go too!!!! one of my favorite chapters is the food parading "party" julie takes her along to..and i also loved her sister reminding her wyland could care less about her so get out of there!! they are far more compelling/endearing/interesting than any of the celebrities she interviews. i've passed this along to friends/family and it always delivers!! excellent/fun little book!!
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BookishBex
5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2014
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This book is absolutely hilarious! I totally related to some of her stories of coming of age in the 80's, and literally laughed out loud throughout the entire book. I have passed this book around to all of my sisters and friends, it is that good!
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Marley
5.0 out of 5 stars A fun and engaging read
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2014
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I loved getting to know Jancee and sharing her tales from the trenches. Because we have a similar background - I too am an entertainment biographer - I expected I'd find a few stories that would provide some smiles and chuckles. I didn't expect reading this book would keep me up all night anticipating each new adventure...and she gets the boy!
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Brian Maitland
4.0 out of 5 stars well worth the penny I paid for it used
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2015
Loved the whole Rolling Stone/MTV career insider scoops on doing interviews and some of the celebs she meets are classic. Her family and friends are a blast but I just couldn't get into her dating life at all (maybe it's because I'm a guy and just didn't get her choices at all).

It's an easy-breezy read and the intro is a must-read for all people in bands vis a vis drummers.
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stl88fan
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2015
Entertaining read!
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5.0 out of 5 stars So funny
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2020
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Absolutely hilarious
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Michael, Hampshire, UK
5.0 out of 5 stars very funny book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 30, 2015
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extremely funny and self deprecating! Thanks for writing this Ms Dunn!
brilliant holiday read!
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Brian Maitland
4.0 out of 5 stars enough laughs to make it worth forking over the penny for a used copy
Reviewed in Canada on July 6, 2015
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Loved the whole Rolling Stone/MTV career insider scoops on doing interviews and some of the celebs she meets are classic. Her family and friends are a blast but I just couldn't get into her dating life at all (maybe it's because I'm a guy and just didn't get her choices at all).

It's an easy-breezy read and the intro is a must-read for all people in bands vis a vis drummers.
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