The Wacky World of Womanhood: Essays on Girlhood, Dating, Motherhood, and the Loss of Matching Underwear [Paperback]

Vicky Decoster (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 6, 2003

In The Wacky World of Womanhood, Vicky DeCoster shares her humorous personal essays on childhood crises, dating dilemmas, marriage mishaps, parenthood pitfalls, and mid-life mayhem. She entertains readers with such hilarious anecdotes as choosing her first pair of glasses, mending a broken heart, nursing a sick husband back to health, having an affair with her carpet cleaner, suffering through a mid-life crisis, and reviewing the contents of her unmentionables drawer. Vicky DeCoster's "laugh out" stories are true and heartwarming, and offer an inside look at the wacky world of womanhood."Some writers make you laugh. Some make you think. Vicky DeCoster does both. Her refreshingly honest and humorous insights into human nature-particularly family dynamics-are always a source of amusement and inspiration."Jon Wesslen,Television writer/producer, A & E Biography Series, The History Channel

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"Some writers make you laugh. Some make you think. Vicky DeCoster does both. Her refreshingly humorous insights are always amusing." -- Jon Wesslen, Television writer/producer, A&E Biography Series, The History Channel

From the Author

It took me three years to write this book. Somewhere, in between essays, I vaguely remember a birthday cake. I think I turned forty. I learned to write while wiping little noses and little bottoms (not necessarily in that order or with the same tissue). I wrote in between planning dinner menus and helping with homework. Some days, I had to search long and hard to find the humor. I looked under rocks and even under the toilet seat. But, I wrote this book because I love to write. Everyone has a passion. This is mine. So, I hope that whatever mood this book finds you when you pick it up, that you set it down with a much lighter look at life. Laughter heals the soul. Pass it on.

--Vicky DeCoster—

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Product Details

• Paperback: 174 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse (October 6, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595292909
• ISBN-13: 978-0595292905
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,276,934 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Wacky World of Womanhood Offers A Humorous Take On Everything!, March 21, 2011

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This review is from: The Wacky World of Womanhood: Essays on Girlhood, Dating, Motherhood, and the Loss of Matching Underwear (Paperback)

In The Wacky World of Womanhood, Vicky DeCoster takes the most mundane moments of our lives as well as the most horrifying and turns them into belly laughs! Men may not be able to personally relate to some of the experiences, but despite the title, I guarantee they will appreciate the humor!

GIRLHOOD: While I was laughing aloud reading through DeCoster's essays on her childhood, I was valiantly trying to poke all my painful childhood memories back into the neat little cubbyholes I fashioned for them so long ago. Her descriptions were so authentic, however, that it was a bittersweet experience with feelings of sadness being mitigated by her quirky, comical view of life.

DATING: One of my favorite lines in "Bad Break-up Lines" is this: "Perhaps your guy told you `our paths, rather than merging and converging, merged and crossed.' That's the line of a future CEO, specializing in mergers and acquisitions."

MARRIAGE: DeCoster's rendition of what a romance novel would be like if it depicted the real world is unfortunately all too real.

"I can't stop loving you," she whispered to her husband as he shoveled tuna and noodles into his mouth. He reached out and grabbed the salt. "What did you say?" he mumbled. "You have a noodle stuck in your ear," she said, as her breasts heaved."

PARENTHOOD: DeCoster's list of the "Top 20 Signs That You've Become a Parent" puts David Letterman to shame! One of my favorites is #18 - "When arguing with your spouse, you learn to spell all the swear words and still make them effective."

MID-LIFE: In mid-life there is nothing sacred to DeCoster. She doesn't miss a thing--from those dimples that appear, but not on your face, to annual visits to the gynecologist to breast implants to those pesky memory lapses.

DeCoster has a quirky, irreverent style that reminds me of Joan Rivers. The great thing about this writer is she uses humor to crawl stealthily past the fronts we put up for all to see and then exposes us to ourselves.

In The Wacky World of Womanhood, Vicky DeCoster's wit takes us from girlhood to mid-life. I can hardly wait to hear what she has to say about the Golden Years!

Reviewed by Dannye Williamsen for SPA Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Giggles, Smiles and Laughter!, November 9, 2003

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Chris Soporito (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Wacky World of Womanhood: Essays on Girlhood, Dating, Motherhood, and the Loss of Matching Underwear (Paperback)

Vicky has touched on every aspect of a girl/woman's real life . . . and showed us the lessons learned as she goes along. Quick reading, enjoyable and highly recommended!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quick & funny reading - Relates to real life!, November 8, 2003

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Gail (Iowa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Wacky World of Womanhood: Essays on Girlhood, Dating, Motherhood, and the Loss of Matching Underwear (Paperback)

Vicky's book is very funny and really relates to the everyday life and experiences of women in their roles as a wife, mother and person! I highly recommend this book to all women!

Busy moms don't have a lot of time to read novels, so these quick stories are easy to pick up and read for a few minutes at a time. It helps to look at the funny side of things that happen that would otherwise be very frustrating!