Summary
Readers around the world loved Erma Bombeck and cherished every one of her columns. "Forever, Erma", a collection of columns dating from her first in January 1965 to her last in April 1996, also includes a tribute chapter with remembrances from some of Erma's family, friends and colleagues, and will give fans a classic way to hold on to this most gifted writer.
Published Reviews
Booklist Review:
"Erma Bombeck may be gone, but she'll live forever in her columns. This compilation, put together by the editors of her syndicated pieces, is intended to represent the best of a writing career that spanned more than 30 years. All the familiar characters of Bombeck's columns are here: the ungrateful kids, the husband behind the newspaper, the competitive friends. Also present are the easily identifiable situations that Bombeck chronicled with such a sense of real-life absurdity that readers felt as if it was their own lives being examined: there is the agony and ecstasy of a college reunion; there is Bombeck making a vain effort to find a family member willing to help take down the Christmas tree ("No one loves a Christmas tree on January 1" ); and, best of all, there is Bombeck fearing she's turning into her mother because she, too, puts a piece of colored yarn on her suitcase and keeps a litter bag in her car. Bombeck, who died in the spring of 1996, is eulogized here by two fellow columnists, Ellen Goodman and Art Buchwald. There is also a touching good-bye from her husband, Bill. A fitting finale for the much-loved humorist. (Reviewed Sept. 1, 1996)0836226844Ilene Cooper"
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Publisher's Weekly Review:
"The housewife columnist whose gently subversive humor has won her a prominent niche in American culture is commemorated in this collection of over 120 of her most popular and memorable essays. Bombeck, whose bestsellers include All I Know About Animal Behavior I Learned in Loehmann's Dressing Room, died in 1996. Trained as a newspaper reporter, she honed her skills into a unique blend of humorous social commentary based on the quotidian passage of domestic life and an empathy with women in their relations with the larger world, including spouses and children. Much honored, quoted and sought after for advice, Bombeck had an infectious sense of human absurdity that is highlighted in this collection celebrating her 25-year career as a low-key enforcer of the positive in the face of adversity, whether it be her own terminal illness, or "missing socks, promiscuous hangovers and other unexplained phenomena" that were grist for her reporter's mill. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved"
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Additional Information
| Subjects |
Housewives
-- Humor.
Women
-- Humor.
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| Publisher |
Kansas City :Andrews and McMeel,1996
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| Language |
English
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| Description |
viii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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| ISBN |
0836226844 (hd)
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| Other |
Classic View |
