The humorist zeroes in on today's follies, applying her wit to everything including twelve-step programs, 911, beauty addicts, people without shame, sensitive men, and dogs. 15,000 first printing.
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Why does Kaufman feel so at home in Venice, Calif.--which she labels "Lunatic Central" and finds akin to "living in the strainer in the kitchen sink"? The answer comes clear as she reveals her affinity with the odd and offbeat. This helps to explain her fascination with psychics, mediums and the like, who give her earth-shattering revelations such as "you're capable of being rational." But she can be realistic, too: even though her essays have appeared in the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times , she realizes that whenever she introduces herself as a freelance writer, people translate that into "failed real-estate agent." In this collection of new and previously published pieces, Kaufman cocks her unerring eye at human foibles and frailties in the '90s--at "Love Bytes," at "Dirty Linen Is Now Small Talk," at "The Theme Park Picnic." Lovers of sophisticated humor who haven't yet made Kaufman's acquaintance have a treat in store.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
From Library Journal
Kaufman, a contributing editor for the Los Angeles Times Magazine , here compiles a series of original and previously published essays that deal with life's absurdities in a humorous manner. Having bemoaned the fact that when in a strange situation she had no hotline to dial for advice, she in turn created her own column. Writing here on subjects such as love, marriage, her home in California, pets, and travel, she injects humor into everyday and bizarre situations. The result is both lighthearted and insightful, making this an easy and relaxing selection for rounding out humor collections.
- Marguerite Mroz, Baltimore Cty. P.L.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
- Marguerite Mroz, Baltimore Cty. P.L.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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Very cute, enjoyable, at times funny, book of columns written about the author's life, and American culture, a la Erma Bombeck, but with more truth and depth. I liked it a lot.
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