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When Do They Serve the Wine?: The Folly, Flexibility, and Fun of Being a Woman [Hardcover]

Liza Donnelly (Author)
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September 29, 2010
What do women want? Eternal happiness and eternal youth would be nice. Failing that, what about a good laugh? Like I Feel Bad About My Neck come to life on the page, When Do They Serve the Wine? explores the evolution of women through their lives and crises (physical, emotional, sartorial): the awkward teen years; the crisis of becoming a quarter-lifer; the unmistakable realization that if you're wearing a certain outfit in your forties, you might be a cougar. With her trademark wry, self-deprecating wit, and 140 eye-catching cartoons, the New Yorker's Liza Donnelly celebrates the fact that laugh lines do come with ageand so does wisdom.

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About the Author

Liza Donnelly is a staff cartoonist for the New Yorker and has authored several books. She lives in New York.

Roz Chast is a cartoonist for the New Yorker. She lives in Connecticut.

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  • Hardcover: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Chronicle Books (September 29, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0811871169
  • ISBN-13: 978-0811871167
  • Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #334,061 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"Liza often steps out from behind her drawing table to make this world not just a funnier place, but a better one too." Planet Green, 2010

"Donnelly's cartoons are the best kind of funny--sly, smart, and right on the money. [They] are great social commentary as well as great fun." Susan Orlean, 2010


Liza Donnelly is a contract cartoonist with The New Yorker Magazine. When she first began selling to The New Yorker in 1979, she was the youngest and one of only three cartoonists who were women. Her work has appeared in many publications, including The New York Times, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, The Nation and The Harvard Business Review, and her cartoons have been exhibited around the world. In 2005, she wrote Funny Ladies: The New Yorker's Greatest Women Cartoonists and Their Cartoons, a history of the women who drew cartoons for the magazine as well as the present women contributors. Other recent books are Sex and Sensibility: Ten Women Examine the Lunacy of Modern Love in 200 Cartoons and Cartoon Marriage: Adventures in Love and Matrimony with the New Yorker's Cartooning Couple (with Michael Maslin). Liza appeared, with her husband Michael Maslin, on CBS Sunday Morning, BetterTV and she has been profiled in numerous magazines and newspapers. Donnelly is a pubic speaker/lecturer and presents on topics such as women and humor, childrens' books and The New Yorker, and has given talks at the United Nations, Thurber House, and the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists annual convention, Vassar College, Bard College, Omega Institute, The Museum of Cartoon and Comic Art, The Norman Rockwell Museum and presented a talk at the first TEDWomen conference. She has been a guest panelist at the Cartoon Event of The New Yorker Festival several times.

Her cartoons can be seen on various websites: narrativemagazine.com, womensEnews.org, huffingtonpost.com, salon.com, dailybeast.com, and revolvingfloor.com, where she is the cartoon editor. She conceived of and is editor for World Ink, a site of international cartoons from contributors around the globe on dscriber.com. She is a charter member of an international project, Cartooning for Peace, helping to promote understanding around the world through humor. Her new book, "When Do They Serve The Wine? The Folly, Flexibility and Fun of Being a Woman", was just published by Chronicle Books. Recently, Liza received an International Award in France at the Salon International du Dessins de Presse for her work in cartooning. Her website is lizadonnelly.com and her blog is whendotheyservethewine.wordpress.com. Liza teaches part-time at Vassar College. and is a member of PEN, Authors Guild and the National Cartoonist Society. She and her husband, New Yorker cartoonist, Michael Maslin, live in New York.

"Liza often steps out from behind her drawing table to make this world not just a funnier place, but a better one too." Planet Green, 2010

"Donnelly's cartoons are the best kind of funny--sly, smart, and right on the money. [They] are great social commentary as well as great fun." Susan Orlean, 2010

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Guys and Dolls, October 29, 2010
This review is from: When Do They Serve the Wine?: The Folly, Flexibility, and Fun of Being a Woman (Hardcover)
Liza Donnelly opens the first chapter of her new book with this comment: "I learned that being a girl was secondary to my concerns...My cartoons were my identity..." Indeed, she has left her mark as a cartoonist while drawing (no pun intended), a following for over twenty-five years.

The chapters are divided by life's decades beginning with--what else? Birth. This arrangement makes it easy to check out where you've been, or better yet where you're going, or just look back and enjoy the memories. I love the double-page cartoon of a hospital nursery with pink-clad babies on one side of the room and blue-clad babies on the other. Some of the cartoons are universal in their message; others...well, you had to be there. That is okay because the book is funny!

The title of When Do They Serve the Wine? is taken from one of the cartoons. You will find it on page 90, where the lady is having a difficult time with yoga. Page 90 is in the 40's decade--about the time a lot of us begin to seek out yoga classes.

This is a comical book for gals, or guys who wish to understand gals. Or, read it together.

by Diana Nolan
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Thirsty for wine, October 18, 2010
This review is from: When Do They Serve the Wine?: The Folly, Flexibility, and Fun of Being a Woman (Hardcover)
In one word, HILLARIOUS !
Oh my God, If your a woman over 30 you will totally relate! The writeing and illustrations are phenomal!
All my girlfriends are getting this book!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A book to keep nearby!, May 3, 2011
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Liza Donnelly has an uncanny ability to use humor to go right to the heart of the matter. A talented New Yorker cartoonist, who has "been there" herself, she expresses the challenges and issues, and hopes and dreams of today's women through the phases of our lives. She empowers us by lightening things up. We can laugh AND see the truth at the same time. A wonderful gift. Thank you, Liza, for sharing your talents.
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