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My (Not So) Storybook Life
Elizabeth Owen
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Description for My (Not So) Storybook Life
Hardback. A funny and charming story of friendship and finding contentment in everyday life, referencing classics in children's literature and women's fiction. This enjoyable read handles with heart and a light touch such issues as marriage, family, home ownership, illness, and death. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 25.
Fresh, funny, and poignant, My (not so) Storybook Life is old-fashioned humor mashed with literary spoofery. Elizabeth thinks of herself and her husband, Matt, as a modern-day Lucy and Ricky Ricardo. Together they’ve endured paint-color mishaps, sewage disasters, pest infestations, and a schnauzer that poops at tornado sirens. It’s hardly the domestic perfection a young Liz imagined while reading Anne of Green Gables and Pride and Prejudice. Could it be that these literary stalwarts had led her astray? Liz tells the story of her own path to happiness, along the way seeking revenge on her literary heroes: Jo March ... Read more
Fresh, funny, and poignant, My (not so) Storybook Life is old-fashioned humor mashed with literary spoofery. Elizabeth thinks of herself and her husband, Matt, as a modern-day Lucy and Ricky Ricardo. Together they’ve endured paint-color mishaps, sewage disasters, pest infestations, and a schnauzer that poops at tornado sirens. It’s hardly the domestic perfection a young Liz imagined while reading Anne of Green Gables and Pride and Prejudice. Could it be that these literary stalwarts had led her astray? Liz tells the story of her own path to happiness, along the way seeking revenge on her literary heroes: Jo March ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Old Saybrook, United States
ISBN
9780762773572
SKU
V9780762773572
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About Elizabeth Owen
Elizabeth Owen is an office drone and freelance writer. Her blog, Mabel’s House (http://mabelshouse.blogspot.com/) averages more than 20,000 visits per month and has been featured on numerous occasions on Apartment Therapy and Design Sponge. Her articles and projects have appeared in Better Homes and Gardens and At Home in Arkansas.
Reviews for My (Not So) Storybook Life
You owe it to yourself to sit for a spell with Elizabeth Owen’s frank, funny, and thoroughly unforgettable memoir.
Deborah Ford, author of The GRITS Guide to Life and Bless His Heart This book totally makes me want to hang out with Elizabeth Owen and eat her terrible cookies.
Elizabeth Beckwith, author of Raising the Perfect Child through ... Read more
Deborah Ford, author of The GRITS Guide to Life and Bless His Heart This book totally makes me want to hang out with Elizabeth Owen and eat her terrible cookies.
Elizabeth Beckwith, author of Raising the Perfect Child through ... Read more