My nest isn't empty, it just has more closet space; The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman

New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2011. First St. Martin's Griffin Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Trade paperback. [10], 272, [6] pages. Inscription signed by both authors on the title page. Inscription reads: For Sean and Bets Lisa Scottoline, Francesca Scotttoline Serritella. Lisa Scottoline, along with her daughter Francesca, are back with more wild and wonderful wit and wisdom. In this hilarious collection, they give their mother-daughter perspective on everything from blind dates to empty calories, as well as life with the feistiest octogenarian on the planet, Mother Mary, who won't part with her thirty-year-old bra. Three generations of women, triple the laughs--and the love. Inspired by their weekly "Chick Wit" column for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Lisa and Francesca spill all their family secrets---which will sound a lot like yours. And you'll have to put this book down, just to stop laughing. LISA ON DIETING: I'm backsliding with carbohydrates, which is the food version of ex-sex. FRANCESCA ON CUTTING THE CORD: I thought I said, "I am going to see my cousin's new apartment," but in Mom-speak that translates to: "I am going to meet certain death in the New York City subway tunnels that are soon to be my tomb." LISA ON MOTHER MARY: Most people have a list of Things To Do, but Mother Mary has a list of Things Not To Do. At the top is Don't Go to the Movies. Other entries include Don't Eat Outside With The Bugs and Don't Walk All Over This Cockamamie Mall. FRANCESCA ON BEING SINGLE: I'm addicted to the wedding announcements. Worse, I find myself subtracting my age from the bride's. I thought I was a modern woman, turns out I'm a Cathy cartoon. And so much more! Lisa Scottoline (born July 1, 1955) is an American author of legal thrillers. Scottoline earned a B.A. in English magna cum laude (in three years) from the University of Pennsylvania, then graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She clerked for judges at the state and federal appellate courts and later became a litigator at Dechert in Philadelphia. After the birth of her daughter, she left the law firm and started writing. Final Appeal received an Edgar Award, for excellence in crime fiction. She has since written 30 bestselling novels, including Look Again and Don't Go, both which reached number two on The New York Times Best Seller list. She has served as President of the Mystery Writers of America and won many other honors. Her novels have been translated into 30 languages.
Since March 2007, Scottoline and her daughter Francesca Serritella have been writing the "Chick Wit" column for The Philadelphia Inquirer. A collection of those humorous nonfiction columns has been published in a series of bestselling books co-written with her daughter Francesca Serritella. Francesca Serritella is a New York Times bestselling author and columnist. She graduated cum laude from Harvard University, where she won multiple awards for her creative writing, including the Charles Edmond Horman Prize and Le Baron Russell Briggs Prize. Her senior thesis, a novella, was awarded highest honors and won the Thomas T. Hoopes Prize. Upon graduation, Francesca moved to New York City. She began writing and researching her first novel, Ghosts of Harvard. While working on the novel, she also co-authored a bestselling nine-book series of essay collections with her mother, bestselling author Lisa Scottoline, and co-writes a Sunday column entitled “Chick Wit” in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Keywords: Prince Charles, Love, Meatballs, Cookbooks, Hot Dog, Risqué, Library, Slut, Closet Space, Deadline, Baby, Reading, Braless, Bizzaro, Pimpin, Staycation, Blonde

ISBN: 9780312668341

[Book #83047]

Price: $125.00