Leaking Laffs Between Pampers and Depends [Paperback]

Barbara Johnson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 21, 2000

Between the years of childbearing and grandparenting, a woman has a lot to juggle! Barbara Johnson shows how the road from marriage to menopause is filled with more than a few potholes . . . but provides women with more than enough hope and humor to make it through the journey.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Just in time for Mother's Day, this diverting hodgepodge from the bestselling author of Living Somewhere Between Estrogen and Death promises to tickle the funny bone while acknowledging the very real pain in many women's lives. Johnson, the "geranium lady" who has more than five million books in print, aims this new title not just at the "large print" sector but at women in every phase of life. Various chapters explore new motherhood, body issues, aging and marriage (which is "a great institution.... That's why so many women end up institutionalized"). Motherhood, she writes, "is like getting a life sentence in prison with no hope of parole," but children multiply the joy in life. Johnson eschews a traditional narrative in favor of a mishmash of humorous cartoons, widely circulated Internet stories and letters from readers, interspersed with musings from her own life and ministry, including behind-the-scenes incidents from the wildly popular Women of Faith tour, in which she is a featured speaker. She briefly mentions some of the tragedies of her own life, including the deaths of two of her sons, but the overall tone of the book is steadfastly upbeat. The final chapter ("Sliding Down a Rainbow into a Pool of Joy") gently explores death as a passage into eternity.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (March 21, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0849937051
• ISBN-13: 978-0849937057
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,154,656 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Depends Review, November 3, 2000

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Barbara Melton (Florence, OR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leaking Laffs Between Pampers and Depends (Paperback)

This book will pull you in from the first page. Look for a letter from Martha Stewart to Erma Bombeck and the return letter from Erma to Martha, also find out about some Barbie Dolls new on the market. This author has a great sense of humor, even when dicussing serious matters. She makes you smile at yourself and when that happens, healing and learning occur. Thanks, Barbara.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hillarious!, March 31, 2000

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"foxmuldr" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leaking Laffs Between Pampers and Depends (Paperback)

This book is a great, hilarious book. The stories are realy good. The only problem is that it is too short!

1 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I thought this book was going to be about women's wrestling!, July 11, 2000

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Miss Poppy Dixon "Miss Poppy" (Hollywood, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leaking Laffs Between Pampers and Depends (Paperback)

Despite the scatalogical references in the title this was a Christian book in the end. Mrs. Johnson is not afraid to make herself the butt of the joke, and most of her stories were a gas. Though not fine literature, this book definitely deserves a number two. I'm grateful she felt that sharing these stories was her Christian duty.

But when, oh when, will she write about her experiences as a female wrestler? Barb, don't be shy!