The Women's Daily Irony Supplement [Paperback]

Judy Gruen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2007

Ever fall for the lure of expensive, exotic moisturizers promising impossible anti-aging miracles? Ever receive one of those happy, sappy New Year's letters from someone you barely remember from fourth grade? Can't decide whether to stay friends with a size two woman who won't eat a carrot because of its high-carb content?

If so, you're in good company. Award-winning humorist and Bikram yoga dropout Judy Gruen copes with all this and more in The Women's Daily Irony Supplement. Her riffs on female obsessions, motherhood, men, and why a woman's home is her hassle are candid, fresh, and surprisingly intimate. Reading these comic gems is guaranteed to improve the health of every woman, because laughter releases endorphins!

You'll find hilarious takes on life in such terrific chapters as:

When Bad Contractors Happen to Good People (A Tragedy in Three Parts)
A Plant Murderer Turns Over a New Leaf
Clutched by Purse Fever
A Crime of Passion, Featuring Chocolate Truffles
The Motherboard Has Blown

Plus, touching family moments like "My Two Papas" and "Old Spice Remembered."

Editorial Reviews

Review

"I absolutely loved it.... Ms. Gruen is a writer's Writer." -- PMA Award Judge

Any book that can make me laugh at EVERY story deserves a 5-star rating from me. -- Armchair Reviews

Judy Gruen is a genius at finding new and utterly hilarious ways to skewer some of our silliest excesses. -- Celia Rivenbark, author, Stop Dressing Your Six Year Old Like a Skank

Judy Gruen is the only writer who reminds me that marriage is funny! -- Mark Schiff, author, I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics

Judy Gruen is the only writer who reminds me that marriage is funny! -- Mark Schiff, author, I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics

Judy's wonderful new book had me howling with deep belly laughs. -- Susan Reinhardt, author, Not Tonight Honey Wait `Til I'm a Size 6

Men should read The Women's Daily Irony Supplement carefully to better understand what their ladies think of them and why! -- Heartland Reviews

The Women's Daily Irony Supplement is funny, engaging, and the perfect light entertainment when you're feeling blue. -- Curled Up With a Good Book

[The Women's Daily Irony Supplement] turns the hum-drum into the hilarious -- Reader Views

From the Publisher

Finalist in the PMA Benjamin Franklin Awards (humor).

Finalist in the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year (humor).

A comedic gem from the book was featured on 5 million Starbucks cups.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 251 pages
• Publisher: Creative Minds Press (May 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0974961043
• ISBN-13: 978-0974961040
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #240,741 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Judy Gruen has crafted a career of writing sophisticated, relatable, clean humor that has earned her an international following.

Her most recent book, The Women's Daily Irony Supplement, earned multiple awards, including a Gold award in ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year, a Silver in the Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs), and a Bronze in the PMA Benjamin Franklin Award, in 2008. A quote from the book also appeared on 5 million Starbucks® cups. Her previous books are Till We Eat Again: Confessions of a Diet Dropout,and Carpool Tunnel Syndrome: Motherhood as Shuttle Diplomacy, both of which earned awards in humor from the Midwest Independent Publishing Association.

Her work has appeared on Aish.com, American Thinker, Beliefnet.com, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, Family Circle, Jewish Journal of Los Angeles, Ladies' Home Journal, Los Angeles Times, MommaSaid.net, and many other media outlets. In 2009, Judy won an award for her humor columns that appeared on Aish.com, from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. She's also a member of the American Association for Therapeutic Humor and the Authors Guild.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Literally" laughing at life, April 29, 2007

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William Gross "Big Bill in LA" (Beverly Hills, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Women's Daily Irony Supplement (Paperback)

I found myself reading this book and laughing out loud.....constantly! As Judy took me through each chapter talking not only about life through her eyes but also through the eyes of her husband and children, her discriptive writing made it easy to visualize each experience. I kept wanting to know what amusing scenario was coming next and it was hard to put down...in fact I didn't and read it in a single day!

I love the way Judy writes and you will, too!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MAN'S PERSPECTIVE: THIS BOOK IS HYSTERICAL! REAL OUT LOUD LAUGHS!, July 22, 2007

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KOUFAX32 (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Women's Daily Irony Supplement (Paperback)

I thought a man's point of view might be in order amongst all of these reviews by women since this book may be mistaken for being merely a "chick book". Believe me - it isn't. As a man with an undisputed record of decades of staunch heterosexuality I can tell you that this book is hysterical even for us guys! Some of the chapters like, "Forward This Email Or I'll Break Your Kneecaps" had me laughing out loud in a way I had not since first reading Woody Allen's "Getting Even" in high school. It's that good! It definitely lends itself to "watercooler discussion" at work with friends who have also read it. Buy this book. You can enjoy reading it alone or for real fun - read it aloud with your wife or girlfriend. It's a guarenteed good time!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun..., October 23, 2007

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Jim from Palo Alto (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Women's Daily Irony Supplement (Paperback)

Maybe Judy Gruen's homespun humor can be bucketed broadly with Erma Bombeck's. Those looking for a contemporary mom's clever take on Tupperware® parties, home contractors and teenage angst will find it here. "Singing the Dodger Blues", a tale of a mother and son's baseball outing with total strangers (his chatroom friends) is great fun. The most distinctive stories, though, recall the stressful days leading up to a child's Bar Mitzvah, memories of contrasting grandfathers (one irreverently secular, the other a solemn rabbi), and a failing parent's suggestions for naming a new granddaughter. These and some other stories from this great collection start with Jewish raw material, but this is not "Jewish humor". It's a context, a canvas, for painting widely accessible, very laughable scenes of America's domestic quirkiness, frailty and excess. Judy Gruen is terrific; a first-rate writer and humorist.