Are You There Erma? It's Me Gayle [Kindle Edition]

Gayle Carline (Author)

Book Description

When Gayle Carline clawed her way into her local newspaper office and groveled until they gave her a weekly humor column, she worried about not having enough material. Then she took a look at her life. Nearly every week something in her house or car needs repair, her son doesn't know why being able to see his carpet is a big deal, and her husband believes less is more, especially when it comes to communication. In What Would Erma Do, she chronicled her first two years as a paid exaggerator. Now she's back with two more years of merriment, along with editorial high jinks and readers' opinions. It's the most fun she's ever had without a credit card.

Product Details

• File Size: 327 KB
• Print Length: 132 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B005YOL7JA
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #264,597 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Sad imatation of Erma. January 10, 2013

By Beverly McCleese

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I did not care for this book. This author is not funny, in my opinion the book is just silly. There wasn't an original thought in the part of the book that I read. Some people might like it if they have not read Erma's books but it is not for me.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Are You There Erma? It's me Gayle August 7, 2012

By Alaina

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This was a funny book and made me laugh. It is great for a quick read, and has some interesting stories.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't really get into this one May 21, 2012

By Cindy V

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I really expected to like this book, since I had read and liked one of the authors' Peri Minneopa mystery novels, and another reviewer compared her to the late Erma Bombeck. Generally I really enjoy these short anecdotal pieces, but I found getting through this book to be a laborious process. Very few of the pieces struck me as funny. This is not to say that were all absolutely boring, there just seemed to be an element of sameness about many of them.
On the plus side, the book is well edited and the author writes quite well. Her sense of humor and mine just do not mesh, which doesn't make this a bad book, just not a book that is to my taste. I did, however, very much enjoy the writings of Erma Bombeck, and in my opinion, this author is definitely not in the same league.

More About the Author

Gayle Carline is a typical Californian, meaning that she was born somewhere else. She moved to Orange County from Illinois in 1978, and landed in Placentia a few years later.

Her husband, Dale, bought her a laptop for Christmas in 1999 because she wanted to write. A year after that, he gave her horseback riding lessons. When she bought her first horse, she finally started writing.

Gayle soon became a regular contributor to California Riding Magazine, and in March, 2005, she began writing a humor column for her local newspaper, the Placentia News-Times. Every week, she entertains readers with stories of her life with Dale and their son, Marcus.

In her spare time, Gayle likes to sit down with friends and laugh over a glass of wine. And maybe plan a little murder and mayhem for the next novel.