A Dog in Heat Is a Hot Dog and Other Rules to Live By [Paperback]

E. jean Carroll (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1997

Rambunctious advice from the successful columnist helps women approach their relationships with humor and intelligence, explaining the secrets of optimizing their potential and managing the opposite sex. Reprint.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

E. Jean, as she styles herself, hosts the first interactive advice show on CNBC's America's Talking Network and also writes an advice column for Elle magazine. The letters in this collection, taken from those sources, come principally from women who indicate that, in their cases, the women's movement has failed utterly. That many of them are sex-obsessed is hardly surprising in a sex-obsessed nation, but what is illuminating is that they appear to define themselves solely in terms of the men?or the absence thereof?in their lives. But more alarming is the pervasive lack of a sense of self; many of the advice-seekers are hesitant to act for their own benefit lest they offend family or friends or co-workers or whomever. E. Jean is hip, breezy and fun to read, although men may worry about falling victim to aggressive women egged on by E. Jean's recommendations that they get out there and grab what they want.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal

Carroll, host of a cable TV program known as Ask E. Jean, here offers humor-tinged advice for those who consider themselves too hip for Ann Landers.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Books; Reprint edition (February 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671568140
• ISBN-13: 978-0671568146
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,319,608 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Hi, dolls! I write the ASK E. JEAN column in ELLE magazine, the world's largest (and coolest) fashion magazine. I live in a little cabin on an island (it's about the size of a mattress) in upstate New York. I used to write for SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE and was a contributing editor to ESQUIRE and OUTSIDE. I always wanted to write a graphic novel and title it "OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB SELECTION," and fill it with cute pictures of my dogs (a Tibetan Mastiff, a pit bull, and a standard poodle----all rescued). I have noticed one thing about writing: when I get stuck I find that walking into the kitchen sixty or seventy times to eat something really helps.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excerpts from Published Reviews, September 26, 1997

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This review is from: A DOG IN HEAT IS A HOT DOG AND OTHER RULES TO LIVE BY (Hardcover)

"It's a gas, and sometimes a revelation... E. Jean's punchy wisdom shines."
--- Indianapolis Star

"There's seldom a dull moment with outrageous E. Jean."
--- New York 'Newsday'

"For all of us who are 'tormented, driven witless and whipsawed by confusion,' there is E. Jean Carroll."
--- Chicago Tribune

"A 'Dear Abby' for the 'fin de siecle' generation."
--- Columbia Dispatch (SC)

"Witty and wise... You think E. Jean is either intoxicating or just intoxicated."
--- Entertainment Weekly

"Outrageously brilliant E. Jean Carroll is the only advice columnist in America with the wisdom, the guts, and the pure rambunctious flair to give it to you straight. And if you haven't caught her act, honey, you don't know what you're missing."
--- Quote from Book Jacket

0 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excerpts from published newspaper and magazine reviews, September 26, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: A Dog in Heat Is a Hot Dog and Other Rules to Live By (Paperback)

"It's a gas, and sometimes a revelation... E. Jean's punchy wisdom shines."
--- Indianapolis Star

"There's seldom a dull moment with outrageous E. Jean."
--- New York 'Newsday'

"For all of us who are 'tormented, driven witless and whipsawed by confusion,' there is E. Jean Carroll."
--- Chicago Tribune

"A 'Dear Abby' for the 'fin de siecle' generation."
--- Columbia Dispatch (SC)

"Witty and wise... You think E. Jean is either intoxicating or just intoxicated."
--- Entertainment Weekly

"Outrageously brilliant E. Jean Carroll is the only advice columnist in America with the wisdom, the guts, and the pure rambunctious flair to give it to you straight. And if you haven't caught her act, honey, you don't know what you're missing."
--- Quote from 'A Dog in Heat is a Hot Dog' book jacket