Area Woman Blows Gasket : And Other Tales from the Domestic Frontier

Area Woman Blows Gasket : And Other Tales from the Domestic Frontier

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Kirkus Reviews :

"Amusing."

Nancy Lemann, author of Malaise :

"[Pearson's] attempts to deal with her anxieties, phobias, neuroses and addictions touch a mysterious universal chord that is most endearing and hilarious and inspiring."

Bruce McCall :

"You'll laugh along with her on every page of this smart, irreverent, and best of all funny, funny book."

Muffy Mead-Ferro, author of Confessions of a Slacker Mom :

"Not only did I giggle to myself throughout this book.I came out on the other end knowing one thing for certain: I want to be more like her."

Karen Karbo, author of The Stuff of Life :

"Area Woman has . exposed the emperor of contemporary culture for being the nudist we all suspect he is.  Read it and sob with laughter."

Los Angeles Times :

"Screamingly funny.No aspect of modern American life escapes Pearson's inquiring mind."

Albany Times Union :

"Pearson's writing is side-splittingly funny. amid the debris of the near-disasters perpetrated by her children, there's a tender mother hanging on to her identity at all costs."

Hartford Courant :

"Pearson.shows just how complicated (and laugh-generating) the pursuit of the simple life can be."

Book Description
Area Women Unite! In this sharp and sophisticated collection of essays, columnist Patricia Pearson takes us on a hilarious tour of our twenty-first-century obsessions and distractions.

Patricia Pearson is a working woman, wife, and mother on the verge. Whether it's being humiliated by the "Beauty Bullies" at the Lancome counter or failing to live up to the "Serene Mother" ideal, Pearson has had enough of negotiating our present-day myths and fads. In fact, she's formed a few opinions on the matter and can't wait to share them with you.

In Area Woman Blows Gasket, Pearson plumbs every facet of modern life, marriage, and motherhood, from choosing the right vegan-bran-hemp diet for your family to confronting your husband's irrational fear of mayonnaise to finding a way to return to work and not turn your child into a contract killer. Adult education classes, therapy, $100 haircuts, the latest news on what causes cancer, Christmas shopping-all come into sharp focus with the help of Pearson's comic eye. Her wry brand of wisdom is a refreshing and long-awaited release from our confusing and often contradictory world.

Area Woman Blows Gasket: And Other Tales from the Domestic Frontier,Patricia Pearson,Bloomsbury USA,1582345368,American Satire And Humor,Canadian,Canadian wit and humor,Essays,Family / Parenting / Childbirth,Form - Essays,Humor,Literary Collections,Literature: Classics,Topic - Family,Literary Collections / Essays

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