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

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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

for Story Circle Book Reviews

reviewing books by, for, and about women

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!

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.