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"A truly wise and funny woman; a laugh-till-you cry book."
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Erma Bombeck has learned a few things about children and family over the years--and in a way that is uniquely and wonderfully her own, she shares everything she knows with her readers. Whether it's cleaning up after the kids and him, or expendable mothers-in-law, Erma Bombeck gets to the heart of the matter and makes us laugh through our tears.
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I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression
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This book mines some of the same marriage-and-family territory as the author’s earlier “At Wit’s End” and is very funny in a self-deprecating middle-aged way. In hindsight, you have to wonder if Erma was kind of shining us on when she wrote about things like how she doesn’t have the confidence of working women and how she has social anxiety when forced to converse with strangers at a banquet table – if you Wiki her, you’ll see that she was a pretty renowned and accomplished lady. But in any event, this book is still quite funny. Although you might need to look up a few names (Paul Newman used to be a sexy screen idol, not just the face on the salad dressing bottle), other situations lampooned in the book, such as the Department of Motor Vehicles experience, haven’t changed a bit in 30+ years. I think this along with “At Wit’s End” are Erma’s two best, most classic works.
Rating: 5 / 5
Erma Bombeck was, hands down, the funniest humor columnist to ever grace newspapers and bookstores. Even now, years after she passed way, her writings are still funny and topical.
In “I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression,” as with most of her books, Erma Bombeck takes snippets of her life, her husband, and her three kids and relates them to us in a way that only she can. Everything from her husband’s inability to start a fire in the fireplace to her own inability to cope with turning 40, nothing is sacred or forbidden when Erma writes about her life.
This book is funny, witty, relevant, and an easy read. If you’re life is busy and complicated, take some time out to read this book. Erma has a way of making your life seem not so bad. If nothing else, it’s a great way to spend a few minutes each day.
Rating: 5 / 5