Finding Grace When You Can't Even Find Clean Underwear [Hardcover]

Lisa Earle McLeod (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2007

In this hilarious and insightful essay collection, nationally syndicated humor columnist Lisa Earle McLeod turns traditional thinking on its head by asking:

Can Sponge Bob get you into Mensa?

Why isn't Pocahontas president of the United States?

Does Buddha need Botox?

Why is marriage as fun as dating?

What if peace were sexy?

Where have all the dumb girls gone?

Can you become CEO by standing next to the water cooler?

Always funny, often touching and sometimes politically incorrect, Finding Grace When You Can't even Find Clean Underwear is a wickedly funny take on the people and problems that vex us all.

An expert in mommy guilt, corporate disillusionment, marital misery, slacker parenting, faux housework, flat-line libidos and drive-thru spirituality McLeod brings a touch of grace to the angst of daily life.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"I'm laughing out loud. Hilarious."  —Kate Snow, Good Morning America co-host

"Lisa McLeod is the only writer I know who can talk about sex and cereal in the same sentence and make you laugh so hard the Mueslix comes snorting out of your nose."  —Michael Alvear, HBO host & syndicated columnist

"Have you ever wanted one person to solve all your problems? You've found her. Lisa McLeod is a therapist, preacher, business advisor and mom all in one. Fire your shrink, corporate coach or financial advisor and buy this book. You'll laugh your way back to health and happiness and make money while you're at it."  —Susan Harrow, author, Sell Yourself without Selling Your Soul

"Lisa is a witty and compassionate writer who aims for the funny bone but always manages to hit the heart along the way."  —Ptolemy Tompkins, editor, Guideposts Magazine

About the Author

Lisa Earle McLeod is a syndicated newspaper columnist and national speaker who is known for her humorous insight into daily life issues. She is the author of several books, including Forget Perfect. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Jefferson Press (April 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0977808637
• ISBN-13: 978-0977808632
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #605,160 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious! I couldn't stop laughing!, March 12, 2007

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Lisa Daily, author of Fifteen Minutes of Sham... (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Finding Grace When You Can't Even Find Clean Underwear (Hardcover)

Lisa Earle McLeod must be the long-lost love child of Erma Bombeck and Scott Peck: She serves up spiritual enlightenment, savvy business advice, and deadly-accurate relationship insights with a wit is so deliciously wicked, you'll laugh 'till your frappuccino comes shooting out of your nose. My favorite chapters were: Does Budda need Botox? Is Your Brain Ruining Your Life? and Why Does Mom Always Hold the Barf Bucket?

McLeod is a true original: smart, funny, spritual and insightful -- all squeezed into a french fry box.

I devour her newspaper column every week, I loved this book, and I can't wait to read her other ones.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So funny.....and true!!, May 1, 2007

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Ellen Townsend "marketing consultant" (Seagrove, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Finding Grace When You Can't Even Find Clean Underwear (Hardcover)

I laughed 'til I cried!! Oh so funny but true. First get this book for yourself and then get it for every woman on your list...mom's day, teachers' end of year gift, etc. The man in your life could use it, too.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For a blend of everyday living advice, humor, and spiritual insights, this can't be beat, July 8, 2007

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Finding Grace When You Can't Even Find Clean Underwear (Hardcover)

If divine laughter paired with spiritual insights is needed for a collection strong in spirituality, then Finding Grace When You Can't Even Find Clean Underwear is the perfect item of choice. It discusses what's important and what's not in the scheme of realizing spirituality in everyday living, and it chapters are as zany as 'Are Corporate Witches Getting a Bum Rap?' to 'Can you Blackberry Your Way to Happiness?' For a blend of everyday living advice, humor, and spiritual insights, this can't be beat and its title alone will have any general-interest public library lending collection excited.