Geraldine barr

Jenny Pentland was born into an average working class family in the 80's consisting of her mom, dad, and 3 kids (she is the middle child). The family celebrated when the dad got a job at the post office bringing to the family the ability to "buy brand name foods but we couldn't spill them." Jenny is now the mother of 5 sons who along with her husband and kids lives in Hawaii. Sounds like a fairly average story until you learn when Jenny was in elementary school, her mother, Roseanne Pentland, used ambition and comedy to become Roseanne Barr. Her mother's fame, parents' divorce, Roseanne's marriage to Tom Arnold, and a host of attempts by her parents to change everything about Jenny from her weight to her attitude left her with extreme PTSD.
I'm torn on how I feel about this one. I didn't find it funny, and I don't think I'll find it funny later. Yet, it's a fascinating look at a darker side of fame and wealth and the potentially damaging, lasting effects of everything from fad diets to unvetted psychological treatment. It's a fa

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