If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries: What Am I Doing in the Pits: Amazon.ca: Erma Bombeck, Barbara Rosenblat: Books

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"See if you can read a paragraph without laughing out loud."
Art Buchwald
The enchanting lady of laughter has done it again--this time taking a hilarious swipe at husbands, honeymoons, tennis elbow, marriage, lettuce, the national anthem, and a host of other domestic dilemmas.
"It's fun from cover to cover."
THE HARTFORD COURANT --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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This book hits home in the passage about The Mother Mystique. The one passage I'd love to share is my mother's metamorphosis with her physical appearance through the years. Of course, she had her role models, and by judging from her fashion tastes and family photos, my mother was carbon copy of the following women:

1959

Betty Crocker (apron and waffle iron included).

1963

Doris Day. This phase included a beehive do, box suits and pillbox hats. Que sera, sera

son.

1970

It's a story of a lady who looks like Carol Brady.

1978

Schlemiel, schlamazel look at me I'm dressing like Penny Marshall.

1986

Nancy Regan reds. Alternating with Barbara Bush blues. (Hairstyles not included).

1998

Golden Girl wanna be. Mom's outfits include Bea Arthur gray hair and designer seat suits.

-- Louis Mendez, editorial --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Still funny several decades later..., Jun 14 2003

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Alan Attebery (Arlington, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? (Hardcover)

Erma Bombeck was, hands down, the funniest humorist of her time. Even today, her work is still some of the best ever written.

This book is a combination of a collection of her column writings, mixed in with some new (at the time) observings. Her reflection of husbands, kids, friends, and her own sanity (or lack thereof) will have you rolling on the floor with laughter (or, at least, giggling fairly loudly).

A great book to add to your collection.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A bit dated, yet still amusing, Mar 14 2003

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MissGoWest (Munich, Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits?: Bestselling author of Family--The Ties That Bind...And Gag! (Mass Market Paperback)

The life of a housewife is boring and dreary? Reading Erma Bombeck's enjoyable anecdotes and sometimes thought-provoking stories of her everyday life with husband and kids, you quickly conclude that's at least not the case with that particular author. Wedding, motherhood, fashion, TV quiz shows -- Erma Bombeck's unique perspectives allow to see normal life events in a different and highly amusing light.

Even though the stories were written in the 1970s, many of them are timeless -- or even up to date again (plateau shoes!). Erma Bombeck's observations entertain the reader well -- and there's often that moment of self-recognition. With due distance, it's easy to laugh about daily life's catastrophes -- and maybe the next real one won't be taken all too serious.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Life is still life..., Dec 23 2002

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Patricia R. Andersen "redheaded booklover" (MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits?: Bestselling author of Family--The Ties That Bind...And Gag! (Mass Market Paperback)

This book shows a little of the effects of the changing world since the time it was written. But it is still well written and it's still funny.

That's because though we have other things to worry about, some basic things stay the same. And maybe it's not stated in the current trend of the week, but life is still life and family is still family.

So buy this book, read a bit and see if you don't laugh out loud over it. I'm betting you will.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excuse me!
In response to the review below...This book was written quite a while ago. Of course many aspects of this book aren't comparable to modern life, but it did when it was written... Read more

Published on Mar 22 2000 by lillyrose

3.0 out of 5 stars Dated but still good
I thought that the book was a little behind in the times and not incredibly comparable to modern life, even though she does concentrate on issues that have plagued families... Read more