I Lost Everything in the Postnatal Depression [Mass Market Paperback]

Erma Bombeck (Author)

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Publication Date: January 12, 1986

"A truly wise and funny woman; a laugh-till-you cry book."
LIBRARY JOURNAL
Erma Bombeck has learned a few things about children and family over the years--and in a way that is uniquely and wonderfully her own, she shares everything she knows with her readers. Whether it's cleaning up after the kids and him, or expendable mothers-in-law, Erma Bombeck gets to the heart of the matter and makes us laugh through our tears.

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"A truly wise and funny woman; a laugh-till-you cry book."
LIBRARY JOURNAL
Erma Bombeck has learned a few things about children and family over the years--and in a way that is uniquely and wonderfully her own, she shares everything she knows with her readers. Whether it's cleaning up after the kids and him, or expendable mothers-in-law, Erma Bombeck gets to the heart of the matter and makes us laugh through our tears.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Fawcett (January 12, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0449211185
• ISBN-13: 978-0449211182
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,457,460 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Beloved for her wry yet warm look at family life, Erma Bombeck was America's favorite humorist at the time of her death in 1996. Ten of her 13 books, including Forever, Erma, appeared on the New York Times best-seller list. She claimed her first fiction writing was the weather forecast in the Dayton Herald. Her favorite food was pasta, and her hobby was dust.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Humor writing at its best...., January 28, 2003

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Alan Attebery (Arlington, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression (Mass Market Paperback)

Erma Bombeck was, hands down, the funniest humor columnist to ever grace newspapers and bookstores. Even now, years after she passed way, her writings are still funny and topical.

In "I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression," as with most of her books, Erma Bombeck takes snippets of her life, her husband, and her three kids and relates them to us in a way that only she can. Everything from her husband's inability to start a fire in the fireplace to her own inability to cope with turning 40, nothing is sacred or forbidden when Erma writes about her life.

This book is funny, witty, relevant, and an easy read. If you're life is busy and complicated, take some time out to read this book. Erma has a way of making your life seem not so bad. If nothing else, it's a great way to spend a few minutes each day.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars erma bombeck-we need more of your humor!!!!!, June 11, 2011

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This review is from: I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression (Paperback)

wonderful and funny lady. her books are GREAT. i have just recieved all of them and i am having great fun reading them. ALL of them came terrifically packaged. i was just as impressed by the way i recieved the books(12 in all and packaged separately for most of them) as i am by the humor of this wonderful writer who passed away several years ago. you are missed,Erma!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great slice of Erma, March 3, 2010

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Privacy, Please (Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression (Paperback)

This book mines some of the same marriage-and-family territory as the author's earlier "At Wit's End" and is very funny in a self-deprecating middle-aged way. In hindsight, you have to wonder if Erma was kind of shining us on when she wrote about things like how she doesn't have the confidence of working women and how she has social anxiety when forced to converse with strangers at a banquet table - if you Wiki her, you'll see that she was a pretty renowned and accomplished lady. But in any event, this book is still quite funny. Although you might need to look up a few names (Paul Newman used to be a sexy screen idol, not just the face on the salad dressing bottle), other situations lampooned in the book, such as the Department of Motor Vehicles experience, haven't changed a bit in 30+ years. I think this along with "At Wit's End" are Erma's two best, most classic works.