Confessions of a Worrywart: Husbands, Mothers, Lovers and Others

(10)
Confessions of a Worrywart: Husbands, Mothers, Lovers and Others image
ISBN-10:

0615600018

ISBN-13:

9780615600017

Author(s): Orlins, Susan
Released: Jan 09, 2013
Publisher: Seneca Books
Format: Paperback, 304 pages

Description:

In her plucky new memoir, award-winning journalist Susan Orlins embraces her hang ups and faces life's imperfections with wit and grit. While her friends smoke marijuana or drink to get high, Orlins becomes intoxicated by therapy visits. Eavesdrop on her confessions as she goes through psychiatrists the same way she goes through boyfriends. Orlins takes readers on a rocky but riotous journey from her starter marriage during college to her second marriage in 1979, after which she moves to Beijing. Her years in Beijing and her effort to adopt a baby there provide a fascinating portrait of an era in which "eating bitterness" was a way of life for Chinese people. She worries: Will I locate a child? Will I convince the Communist government to go along with a foreign adoption? In the chapter "'I May Have Ruined the Marriage, But You're Ruining the Divorce," Orlins explores her separation with wry, wrenching self-awareness. She rebounds with a divorce party and then vibrantly portrays a cast of Mr. Wrongs, like one who--whenever he feels blue--swallows a pinch of his father's ashes. During a solo bicycle trip in Paris, Orlins tracks down a boyfriend from 42 years earlier. No one could have anticipated the crisis that occurs an hour into their reunion. With her knack for stumbling into drama, it's no wonder she worries. As Orlins ages, she misses her younger self and pictures paying her a visit. This imaginary encounter changes Orlins forever. Readers of all ages will relate to this deeply personal story, told with comical sensibility by a quirky, startlingly honest mother, daughter, ex-wife, and dog lover, who--à la Nora Ephron--will feel like a dear friend. Confessions of a Worrywart: Husbands, Lovers, Mothers, and Others will stay with you long after you finish reading it.Reviews“A first-rate personal essayist, Susan Orlins delivers the goods time and again. Underneath her self-mocking voice, her abundant humor, her brio, there is the serious candor of a moralist who worries the problems that won’t go away.”—PHILLIP LOPATE, author and editor of The Art of the Personal Essay “Susan Orlins is America’s funniest neurotic since Woody Allen. Just be careful you don’t crack a rib reading Confessions of a Worrywart.”—PATRICIA VOLK, author of Stuffed “Susan Orlins combines the practical with the comical. A multi-tasking mom, she knows how to show and hide her feelings simultaneously. When you have the time (the kids are out of the house and your mom is in a home), read this book! You will identify and laugh.”—SYBIL SAGE, writer for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Growing Pains, Magnum P.I., Northern Exposure "Toxic chemicals. Tomatoes. Getting the bed by the window in her future nursing home. What's NOT to worry about? Just ask Susan Orlins, America's funniest worrywart—not because you want to wring your hands, but because you want to laugh out loud. Her offbeat take on all challenges, great and small, is a delight."— DIANE MACEACHERN, Author of Big Green Purse

Best prices to buy, sell, or rent ISBN 9780615600017




Frequently Asked Questions about Confessions of a Worrywart: Husbands, Mothers, Lovers and Others

You can buy the Confessions of a Worrywart: Husbands, Mothers, Lovers and Others book at one of 20+ online bookstores with BookScouter, the website that helps find the best deal across the web. Currently, the best offer comes from and is $ for the .

The price for the book starts from $9.24 on Amazon and is available from 8 sellers at the moment.

If you’re interested in selling back the Confessions of a Worrywart: Husbands, Mothers, Lovers and Others book, you can always look up BookScouter for the best deal. BookScouter checks 30+ buyback vendors with a single search and gives you actual information on buyback pricing instantly.

As for the Confessions of a Worrywart: Husbands, Mothers, Lovers and Others book, the best buyback offer comes from and is $ for the book in good condition.

The Confessions of a Worrywart: Husbands, Mothers, Lovers and Others book is in very low demand now as the rank for the book is 6,549,818 at the moment. A rank of 1,000,000 means the last copy sold approximately a month ago.

Not enough insights yet.