Karen Linamen relates the ups and downs of a woman's everyday life at home. She describes the stresses in dealing with household chores, the lack of privacy and personal space, and the demands of children, the chaos of mouldy food in the fridge, house-plants that insist on dying and holidays that go wrong.
She began by asking, “You know the petit point French provincial chair in my bedroom? The one I never let anyone sit on? Your greatgrandmother Zaroi did the petit point on that chair. She'd sit for hours in the living room stitching one ...
Secrets for a Sweeter Journey on the Rocky Road of Life Karen Linamen ... WATERBRook and its deer colophon are registered trademarks of Random House Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Linamen, Karen Scalf, ...
Samplings from some of your favorite authors and comedians include Patsy Clairmont, Martha Bolton, Mark Lowry, Carolyn Arends, and many more. This feel-good book will delight your feminine funny bone and tickle your female fancy.
In her literary classic , Just Hand Over the Chocolate and No One Will Get Hurt , Karen Scalf Linamen says , " Chocolate may be the next best thing to sex , but it can't do miracles . The fact is that there are times when life feels ...
Just as we turned in the lane at the farm, a car swooped over the slight hill ahead of us, making it three vehicles that we had met in ... It was called Just Hand Over the Chocolate and No One Will Get Hurt, by Karen Scalf Linamen.
She shows how to feel alive and vibrant despite our circumstances. With hilarious true stories and plain-sense practicality, this book is just what women need when life seems to be falling apart at the seams.
If you can't live without a daily bite of chocolate, have visions of chocolate truffles dancing in your head, you will savor the decadence of this collection of stories.
... walking down the aisle of a supermarket, one turns to the other and says, “Quiet in here today, isn't it?” ✸ An attractive girl walks into a fabric shop. “I want to buy this material for a dress,” she says. “How much does it cost ...
... discipline of prayer has become life to me. And don't let anyone ever tell you that a healthy prayer life doesn't begin as a discipline. I would beg to disagree, but that's another devotion for another day. Learning to be still before ...
... need to allow other people the dignity of their own choices . " She was right , and I am forever grateful for her succinct wis- dom . Some lessons in life I have had to learn through ... Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Other Women.