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Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul (Chicken Soup for the Soul (Audio Health Communications))
Published in Audio CD by Health Communications (1997-10)
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This Book is an Emotional Rollercoaster
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Review Date: 2008-04-26
Review Date: 2008-04-26
I was given this book as a gift from my son. I read it on an airplane and laughed and cried so much that at the end of the flight, the man sitting next to me said, "you are quite an emotional lady!" I bought a copy of this book for the lady that helped me when I got stranded when the flight was delayed a day. She read one of the stories in it while I was changing clothes and I found her in tears when I returned. It's a great feel-good book.
A Great Addition to the Series
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Review Date: 2008-01-28
Review Date: 2008-01-28
In this collection of stories from and about mothers, there is something for everyone. Whether you need to be inspired, comforted, or amused, whether if you are looking for a laugh or a cry you can find a story for your mood. The Chicken Soup authors always know how to pick a collection of stories that truly brings the subject to light, a tear to your eye, and a smile to your lips! This time, what a worthy topic: mothers. As a positive psychologist in private practice I certainly know the powerful and permanent importance of our mothers in all of our lives!
real page turner
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Review Date: 2007-10-26
Review Date: 2007-10-26
I CAN NOT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN! Some real tear jerkers too. A must for all moms.
nice book
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2006-01-10
Review Date: 2006-01-10
my family got this as a gift about 8 years ago. I don't remember much about it but I remember the stories about the mother losing her son during a skiing accident, the girl who bought her mom bobby pins for her birthday and the story where they're celebrating a grandmother's birthday and she dies at the end of the party after seeing her entire family at the celebration.
WELL WRITTEN,WELL TAKEN!!
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2005-10-29
Review Date: 2005-10-29
AFTER READING THIS I AM REASSURED THAT GOOD HONEST BOOKS ARE FINALLY MAKING A COME-BACK!!!!!!
Forever, Erma: Best-Loved Writing from America's Favorite
Published in Hardcover by Thorndike Pr (1997-02)
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Erma is my hero!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-03-17
Review Date: 2007-03-17
I bought this book recently in honor of Erma's birthday. The stories bring me back to my childhood. I remember reading the columns when I was younger, and now that I have my own children I can really relate!
A must for for Erma fans
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-03-08
Review Date: 2007-03-08
I loved this book. Erma wrote about every day happenings that you will recognize instantly. While reading the book I got the feeling that Erma must have spied on me! You are left with a lovely feeling that someone understands you. Many were the times I actually laughed out loud. I truly recommend this book to anyone with a sense of humor!
Erma wasn't the best, she was the only.
Helpful Votes: 13 out of 13 total.
Review Date: 2002-10-22
Review Date: 2002-10-22
I loved Erma Bombeck from the beginning. Her ability to make you laugh without being mean or crude, to see the humor in any situation, to be dignified and tolerant without being forceful about it. These make her a unique person.
This is a collection of some of her best columns. She knew the world could be mean, cruel, bitter, and unfair, yet she never was any of these things. She was a great writer and a great person.
I love the tribute section of this book, though the story from her husband made me cry. It was April 22, 1996 and the ride was over.
Why we loved Erma
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2006-05-31
Review Date: 2006-05-31
Why we loved Erma and miss her is right here. She made you feel good about your mistakes. Suddenly being a fallen human made you feel superior to those who were too perfect to admit it!
A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO A POWERFUL LADY
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2006-08-10
Review Date: 2006-08-10
When it comes to humour, there is no one who could pack a more powerful punch than Erma Bombeck. In this collection of essays, Erma tackles children, motherhood, fatherhood, neighbours, family gatherings and then finds the humour in life's most ordinary events. Five days before her passing, Erma wrote her final message and still, she faced life with amazing courage and wit.
As the years pass by, we still miss Erma deeply. She became a part of our own family and mothers could read her words of wisdom and come to the conclusion, "It puts my mind as ease to know that I am not the only one who fells this way about...."
Erma was a lady ahead of her time and a primary lesson we learn from her is "don't fret the small stuff; look at each day as a new experience and enjoy it to the fullest. Soon, our children will leave the nest; we will grow older and develop wrinkles but become more tolerant and accepting of ourselves. Even in her last days, she managed to find the beauty and humour in life...what better legacy could she leave us? The book, like Erma, is deserving of a thousand twinkling stars. No wonder the Heavens shine so brightly.
As the years pass by, we still miss Erma deeply. She became a part of our own family and mothers could read her words of wisdom and come to the conclusion, "It puts my mind as ease to know that I am not the only one who fells this way about...."
Erma was a lady ahead of her time and a primary lesson we learn from her is "don't fret the small stuff; look at each day as a new experience and enjoy it to the fullest. Soon, our children will leave the nest; we will grow older and develop wrinkles but become more tolerant and accepting of ourselves. Even in her last days, she managed to find the beauty and humour in life...what better legacy could she leave us? The book, like Erma, is deserving of a thousand twinkling stars. No wonder the Heavens shine so brightly.
I Want to Grow Hair, I Want to Grow Up, I Want to Go to Boise
Published in Hardcover by Random House Value Publishing (1992-02-24)
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I Want to Grow Hair Hair, I Want to Grow Up and I Want to Go
Helpful Votes: 11 out of 11 total.
Review Date: 2001-05-22
Review Date: 2001-05-22
My son was diagnosed in 1989 at the age of 8 years old with three brain tumors. We were told her would die in surgery and if he did live he would be a vegetable. The doctor was wonderful and he lives and is doing wonderfully! I have been involved deeply with brain tumor suppport now for 11 years. I talk to families at least once a week. This book gives great insight into how the kids feel about their disease and the experience that goes with it. The most important part of this book is the section that the fathter's discuss their feelings. Dads have a very difficult time knowing how to help and "fix" it as they think they must! This chapter is priceless. Good Book, Good Information, Important learning here!
I Laughed, I Cried, and then I Laughed Some More
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2000-02-06
Review Date: 2000-02-06
This book is a wonderfully humorous and insightful look into children's experiences with caner. Although it certainly is not a humorous subject, the book really shows the powerful spirit of children and demonstrates the importance of humor in illness. And no matter what they go through, kids are still kids. I read this for the first time in college, and now I am a pediatrician.
It will touch your heart and lift your spirits
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 1999-10-12
Review Date: 1999-10-12
This book is by far my favorite of all Erma Bombeck's books. I suspect this book is not as popular as her other writings because it's about kids with cancer, but Bombeck does an amazing job of taking such a heavy subject and finding the bright side of it all.
Wonderful!
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2000-06-27
Review Date: 2000-06-27
Having grown up in an era when "the 'C' word" meant a death sentence, I was taken aback when a friend of mine suggested this little-known work of Erma Bombeck's. Why would a humerous writer tackle such a depressing subject? Kids with cancer? The book was not depressing at all. Sure I cried, but they were tears of joy. I laughed at the antics of some of the kids. I praised the professionals who dedicate their time and money to these kids. Cancer is no longer necessarily a terminal disease. People beat it all the time. I was unaware of this until I read this book, and no one could do it like Erma. I highly recommend this book to anyone, but it is especially uplifting to someone who has a friend or family member with cancer.
Only Erma Bombeck Could Make It Work
Helpful Votes: 9 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 2001-04-14
Review Date: 2001-04-14
Erma Bombeck became renowned by highlighting the amusing aspects of the terrene. She did not usually make what are typically called "jokes"-just offbeat observations. Her columns more often initiated a satisfying smile than a hearty belly laugh. But even on the occasions that she was painfully funny she showed respect for her subjects and her audience. It was the proud acknowledgement that she was one of us that allowed us to chuckle at family life, grocery shopping, housework, and all the other quotidian errands that compose the bulk of our lives. Regardless of the subject she found some aspect that was good for a "laugh with" not a "laugh at."
How about the subject of children battling cancer? The thought of jocularly treating such a topic sounds comparable to the depraved entertainment regurgitated by the likes of Howard Stern. Surely, Erma Bombeck-the avatar of wholesomeness-would never approach such a subject. No, but it approached her. She was asked to write this book, and at first the thought of it repulsed her. Momentarily dropping her guard, she allowed herself to be talked in to attempting this work. We should all be thankful that she caved. The result is a reverent; inspiring read that has had a propitiatory impact on many, many children and adults battling cancer---not to mention legions of us who are blessed with good health.
Treading with great veneration for her subject, she produced a book overflowing with warmth, encouragement, and-as unbelievable as it may seem-tasteful mirth. It stands a proud addition to her rich legacy.
A Marriage Made in Heaven or Too Tired for an Affair
Published in Audio Cassette by Blackstone Audiobooks (1995-03)
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Ah, nostalgia- for those poor souls of the
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Review Date: 2003-06-09
Review Date: 2003-06-09
"silent generation", between the "greatest" & the "boomers".
They can relive raising kids, borrowing from your in-laws, sex 50's style, dealing with the 60's etc., all with the wit & wisdom of Erma Bombeck.
This is more like a memoir, probably the last in a series, that rings true sometimes, of course, with exaggeration to humorous effect.
Not much to complain about here. She is a good writer who started small had an understanding, supportive husband & achieved national celebrity.
If you are of a certain age, you will laugh.
They can relive raising kids, borrowing from your in-laws, sex 50's style, dealing with the 60's etc., all with the wit & wisdom of Erma Bombeck.
This is more like a memoir, probably the last in a series, that rings true sometimes, of course, with exaggeration to humorous effect.
Not much to complain about here. She is a good writer who started small had an understanding, supportive husband & achieved national celebrity.
If you are of a certain age, you will laugh.
Never too tired to read Erma's books!
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Review Date: 2006-05-12
Review Date: 2006-05-12
I miss Erma. I really do. I miss her style of writing, her humor and her wit. She is probably the only writer from my childhood that I have read faithfully of. Her columns were the highlight of our day when it appeared in our newspapers. Reading this book is like going down memory lane. I remember some of her stuff, but not all of them. This one is a honest and true look at marriage.
Marriage isn't happily ever after. We spend our lives changing our partners, resisting the changes that life throws our way, staying married through thin and fat, through children, through illness and career changes ~~ through death, death of a father and friend. It's a wonderful little book full of wisdom and insights. I love her chapter titles: A House Morally Divided Cannot Stand Each Other or Living on Love.
She offers insights to her own life and marriage oftentimes, poking fun at herself and her family. She is never mean but instead she is inspiring. She makes you think even while laughing at some of the silly things we all do in our own lives. I have not been married as long as she has but already, I see some of the things she has pointed out such as trying to change your husband.
If you're looking for a wonderful book to read ~~ don't miss this one. It's beautifully written and so poignant in some places. Erma writes about life because she has lived it. Her stories are still true today as they were fourteen years ago.
5-11-06
Marriage isn't happily ever after. We spend our lives changing our partners, resisting the changes that life throws our way, staying married through thin and fat, through children, through illness and career changes ~~ through death, death of a father and friend. It's a wonderful little book full of wisdom and insights. I love her chapter titles: A House Morally Divided Cannot Stand Each Other or Living on Love.
She offers insights to her own life and marriage oftentimes, poking fun at herself and her family. She is never mean but instead she is inspiring. She makes you think even while laughing at some of the silly things we all do in our own lives. I have not been married as long as she has but already, I see some of the things she has pointed out such as trying to change your husband.
If you're looking for a wonderful book to read ~~ don't miss this one. It's beautifully written and so poignant in some places. Erma writes about life because she has lived it. Her stories are still true today as they were fourteen years ago.
5-11-06
One of the last and best
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2000-08-17
Review Date: 2000-08-17
The chronicle of Erma Bombeck's married life, this is a sweet, funny, and realistic view of timeless marriage.
Ms. Bombeck starts on the wedding day, when she and husband Bill were married by a priest who spoke Latin with a Polish accent. She moves on to their children, their multiple homes, a saddening chapter about her tragic miscarriage, the chronicles of her morality arguments with her kids, and finally, her career.
She spent years as a housewife. But Ms. Bombeck's now famous writing started in a local paper, and she warmly describes how emotionally supportive her husband was when her columns became well-known. Touring can't have helped their marriage much, but apparently they both didn't let it hurt it.
She satirizes her own under-par household skills, the weird little quirks that come in with age, nd the glories of growing old together. She doesn't say anything about that last one, but it glows throughout the book.
Bravo, Erma.
Laugh out loud funny....
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2006-10-28
Review Date: 2006-10-28
This book is full of wit and one liners from a woman who knows family. I myself only have a husband and no kids but her writing is still hilarious to me. It reminds me of things my own mother used to say in her own funny and sacastic way. When she talk about her husband and his "ways" of packing a suitcase or talking about the kids I laughed out loud while reading in bed and scared my husband. I sure do miss her and only wish she could have spent a little more time on earth to make us laugh. I bet God is having a ball with her in heaven.
Marriage Made in Heaven or Too Tired for an Affair
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2000-11-25
Review Date: 2000-11-25
I have always enjoyed Erma Bombeck when she had a column, but the children were small and I never had much time to read. Had I gotten a book like this one, I could of breezed through raising children and marriage with much less guilt. It is one of the funniest (because it's so true) books I've ever read. I am now a collector of Erma Bombecks books. Chapters titled,; "How Much Happiness Can We Finance?" The book for me was filled with memories from the 50's and 60's, and how it used to be. I found myself laughing outloud and shaking my head at the humor, yet truthfulness, that Erma shares with her readers. I'm getting two more of her books for Christmas, and am getting several others on auction. If you need a laugh, kick out some of those endorphins that need to come out and lighten you up, don't miss Erma Bombeck's, "Marriage Made in Heaven or too Tired for an Affair." It's fantastic!
On the Job Training
Published in Paperback by Bantam Doubleday Dell (1984)
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laugh it all away
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Review Date: 2006-05-31
Review Date: 2006-05-31
This one is guaranteed to make you feel great about your chosen profession. As you laugh away the Purgatorial moments you realize how much you love your kids.
Wonderful, hilarious and insightful ~~ a must read!
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Review Date: 2006-05-16
Review Date: 2006-05-16
If it wasn't for someone raving about Erma's books ~~ and her insights, I would have never thought of picking her books up again. I remember very vividly reading her columns in my hometown newspaper every day till I moved to college. She is what I consider to be part of the American scene, Mom, Apple Pie and Erma Bombeck.
This book, which I read in one day over this past weekend, is just as wonderful as her other books. It made me laugh and roll my eyes (I don't have teenagers yet) and cry. The one chapter that made me cry the hardest is the letter from a mom whose son is a criminal. I had studied a little bit of criminals and their families in sociology in college, and that letter hit home. I love the letter from a teenager asking how did moms get their bionic and super powers. I love her insights on traveling and coming home. Let's face it, I just love Erma. She really is a woman who has her finger on the pulse of the nation's heart.
This is a wonderful must-read for all moms and their children. This is a book to read in different stages of your life too. I plan to read it again in several years when my two are tweens and again when they're teenagers. I am sure her insights will still help me grow through rocky patches. This is a timeless book. And one that I plan to share with the new moms in my life.
5-15-06
This book, which I read in one day over this past weekend, is just as wonderful as her other books. It made me laugh and roll my eyes (I don't have teenagers yet) and cry. The one chapter that made me cry the hardest is the letter from a mom whose son is a criminal. I had studied a little bit of criminals and their families in sociology in college, and that letter hit home. I love the letter from a teenager asking how did moms get their bionic and super powers. I love her insights on traveling and coming home. Let's face it, I just love Erma. She really is a woman who has her finger on the pulse of the nation's heart.
This is a wonderful must-read for all moms and their children. This is a book to read in different stages of your life too. I plan to read it again in several years when my two are tweens and again when they're teenagers. I am sure her insights will still help me grow through rocky patches. This is a timeless book. And one that I plan to share with the new moms in my life.
5-15-06
the wonderful, hilarious and insightful Erma Bombeck.....
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2006-02-21
Review Date: 2006-02-21
The title, alone, says it all about this book. As long as there has been creation, there have been mothers. The combination of rich humor and sensitive insight keep you entertained, all the while, shedding new light on the joy and rapture of motherhood.
Bombeck leaves a wonderful legacy behind, with this, one of her most well-loved books. Other Bombeck books I would definitely reccomend include: The Grass is Greener Over the Septic Tank, Just Wait Till You Have Children of Your Own!, When You Begin to Look Like Your Passport It's Time To Go Home, and Family: The Ties That Bind (And Gag).
Bombeck leaves a wonderful legacy behind, with this, one of her most well-loved books. Other Bombeck books I would definitely reccomend include: The Grass is Greener Over the Septic Tank, Just Wait Till You Have Children of Your Own!, When You Begin to Look Like Your Passport It's Time To Go Home, and Family: The Ties That Bind (And Gag).
Required reading for Mothers Day and everyday
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2003-02-26
Review Date: 2003-02-26
Erma Bombeck was the best humorist of the domestic American scene. This book, focused on her best subject - mothers, is a gem. Both humorous and wise at the same time, it will give you valuable insights one minute and have you rolling with laughter the next. If you are a mother, planning to become one, or want to gain some insight into your own mother, this is the book for you.
While reading this book, I heard two people quote from it. One was a radio food guru and the other was one of those heart-warming emails that someone I know decided to forward to everybody in their online address book. Read this book and you may find yourself quoting from it someday.
MOTHERHOOD & ERMA BOMBECK - This says it ALL!!
Helpful Votes: 7 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 1998-08-31
Review Date: 1998-08-31
Erma Bombeck is as far as I'm concerned the best writer of this century!! I love ALL her books, but I especially love, MOTHERHOOD: The Second Oldest Profession", the best!
It is in my opinion HER VERY BEST WORK!! And should be considered a classic!!
This book will make you laugh, it will make you cry, it will make you think, and above all else it will make you take a second look at your life...and rejoice in it!
Erma Bombeck's book, "Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession", is a MUST for all parents, guardians, and care-takers of children to read!!! It is not only heart-warming - it is about life itself.
Erma Bombeck had a very unique and talented knack of getting right to the heart of any matter - and making people see it in a whole new perspecitive...and to see it through the eyes of laughter and love...
Erma Bombeck - IS - the best writer of this century, and all her books [and especially this one] simply ARE the best stories and articles you will ever read! And all her work should be considered as classics...
VERY Sincerely - Kathyrn L.M. Reynolds
Scarlett's Letters
Published in Paperback by Infinity Publishing (2006-09-22)
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know what you mean!
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Review Date: 2007-10-20
Review Date: 2007-10-20
from the opening of Hi, Guys to the closing of each letter with Love ya, Scarlett the warmth and wit is unforgetable. Betty Hyland, Reston VA
Laugh Until You Cry
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Review Date: 2006-10-12
Review Date: 2006-10-12
They say "laughter is the best medicine" and Scarlett's Letters is definitely the ultimate precription for uncontrollable laughter. This book provides entertainment for anyone who has ever raised a child, had a pet, taken a family vacation, or just experienced life's events in general. It is written with such a descriptive, colorful, easy-to-read style that the reader can vividly picture these scenes as they read each page. Be prepared to laugh until you cry as you "meet" each member of Scarlett's family.
And you thought your life was tough?
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Review Date: 2006-10-12
Review Date: 2006-10-12
Read this book! The author has a humorous, easy-to-read, descriptive style that puts you right in the middle of the action. This is lunch with your favorite (albeit neurotic) girlfriend. This is dinner with your highly dysfunctional but extremely loving family. This is life on the edge, in the middle and everywhere in between. If you think you've "been there, done that," meet Scarlett. Sit back and enjoy!
So you thought your family was dysfunctional.....
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Review Date: 2006-10-10
Review Date: 2006-10-10
... wait until you meet Sybil. For everyone who has a black sheep (or two, or three) in the family, or the pesky perfectionist, this book is for you. You will identify with the author as she takes situations that have occurred to all of us and describes them with much humor and insight. Nothing is sacred, and no one is spared -- husbands, children, siblings and friends are all represented. This is a must read for everyone with a family. You will find yourself asking "how does this author know my family so well?"
A MUST read hysterically funny book for everyone who has a family or children!!!
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Review Date: 2006-10-09
Review Date: 2006-10-09
BRILLIANT!!! This book is absolutely a MUST READ for everyone! Scarlett is simply masterful at taking life's everyday "challenges" and making them absolutely hysterical. You can actually picture the scenes in your head as you read her stories. We've always been a fan of Erma Bombeck but Scarlett's Letters take things to a completely different comedic and creative story telling manner. We've already gone through many a box of kleenex as we've read these stories over and over wiping our eyes and trying to catch our breaths as we literally cried in hysterics. So...grab the book, a box of kleenex, a comfy chair and stock up on the butter pecan...and ENJOY!
Aunt Erma's Cope Book
Published in Mass Market Paperback by Fawcett Books (1988-12)
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Erma presents a soul makeover
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Review Date: 2006-05-31
Review Date: 2006-05-31
This is my favorite from the queen of family humor. Here's what hilarity happens when the ordinary human tries on psychology fads as if they were dresses on a bargain rack.
Need a self-help book? Here's one with humor!
Helpful Votes: 15 out of 15 total.
Review Date: 1999-03-02
Review Date: 1999-03-02
Erma Bombeck is on a quest to perfect herself in this book. As she searches for the greatsest self-help book she can find, she searches to become more sexy, smarter, thinner, and all together more perfect. I don't know if she reaches her goal, but she does decide to like herself anyway! This book is hilarious! "I don't want to participate in any sport that has an ambulance at the bottom of the hill". Enjoy this wonderful, humorous book . . . and take a second look on what it means to be happy!
Self-help book of a self-help book addict
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2000-08-17
Review Date: 2000-08-17
Erma Bombeck chronicles a year in the 80s when she devoted her time and energy to self-help books, like the "Total Woman."
A reader both feels sympathy for Erma's somewhat bumbling attempts to become what these books demand of her, and for her harried husband, who must have woken up every morning to wonder who his wife is today. She is pressed by an apparently lunatic friend to read "The Sub-Total Woman", attempting to act sexy and wifely to save her marriage, but only ends up weirding out her husband and burning up her nightgown.
Other chapters involve Transcendental Meditation, thrift, the guests from hell, astrology guilt, other people's middle-aged pregnancies, jogging, and the ultimate frontier: satisfaction. You'll want to jeer at the bizarre ladies at the end of this, but you definitely won't regret buying it.
The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank
Published in Paperback by Fawcett (1995-03-01)
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GREAT TALES!
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-01-18
Review Date: 2007-01-18
I really like this book, she is a great american story teller. Stuff is real life, if you enjoy a good laugh, i reccomend this book at anyone!
a wonderful example of Bombeck's great brand of humor.....
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2006-02-18
Review Date: 2006-02-18
This book diverges from Bombeck's usual subject matter--family--to take on other compelling topics, like diet and the self image of American women. One of the greatest stand-out examples, for me, of her warm humorous take on crash diets and extreme weight loss measures, is when she talks about a case study done with laboratory rats. As part of the experiment, the rats modelled different kinds of clothing. For example, if a rat wore vertical stripes, he was more likely to look longer and leaner than his counterparts. Also, if a rat was having a dialogue with another rat, he stood on the curb, or the stairs, so he was always on a higher platform from his friend. This gave the illusion that he was taller and skinnier. I remember the first time I read this. I was rolling with laughter.
God bless Erma Bombeck. We are so lucky that her comedic gift lives on in her wonderful books. These books are best described as "slice of life" vignettes of the day-to-day experiences of American identity, through the eyes of one of the most influential people in the world---a mother.
God bless Erma Bombeck. We are so lucky that her comedic gift lives on in her wonderful books. These books are best described as "slice of life" vignettes of the day-to-day experiences of American identity, through the eyes of one of the most influential people in the world---a mother.
The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank
Published in Hardcover by G K Hall & Co (1977-06)
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The grass is always greener over the septic tank
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2000-02-16
Review Date: 2000-02-16
I bought this book about ten years ago and it is nearly worn out. I had never heard of Irma Bombeck back when I purchased this book and I thought the American humour might not suit me (I'm an Aussie). I was soon to fall in love with Irma's wit and observations. It is a funny and painfully honest look at life in suburbia. If this book doesn't get you smiling....see your doctor!
Excuse any typos....I'm still laughing after 10 years
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 1998-09-21
Review Date: 1998-09-21
Yes, it's been ten years since I read it (I have the original version with the white cover and Erma mowing the lawn). I still laugh at the thought of some parts of it. Erma, I love you, I miss you, and I wish you could send us columns from heaven. About the book: you must read it and you will find something to relate to in it. Even though it has a 1970's tone (pre-microwaves and cell phones) you can still relate to it and laugh with it. Get it, and any other Bombeck Book you can snatch.
Women's Wit and Wisdom: A Book of Quotations (Dover Thrift Editions)
Published in Paperback by Dover Publications (2000-08-24)
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You tell 'em!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2002-11-24
Review Date: 2002-11-24
Witty, perceptive, humorous, serious...quotes from some of the greatest women in history on every topic imaginable. A great value, both content and price-wise. Don't miss it!
Wonderful anthology
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2000-10-01
Review Date: 2000-10-01
This book is a wonderful anthology of women's sayings about a variety of topics such as women/men, education, politics, marriage, love, friendship etc. There are quotations of writers, poets, actresses from several centuries. A very interesting collection that is definitely worth the money!
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