Best-loved writing from America's favorite humorist.
Erma Bombeck Books
February 21, 1927 – April 22, 1996
This American humorist became renowned for her unique perspective on suburban domestic life. With wit and sharp observation, she captured the everyday moments of family living, transforming them into highly readable and popular newspaper columns. Her work resonated with millions of readers, solidifying her place as a beloved figure in American humor literature.
I Want to Grow Hair. I Want to Grow Up. I Want to Go to Boise
- 174 pages
- 7 hours of reading
The story of children fighting and surviving cancer is a tale of innocent courage and remarkable strength of character in the face of a seemingly implacable foe
"Her audience is everyone who has ever married, had children, gotten to middle age, owned a dog or a duck." DALLAS TIMES HERALD In this book Erma comes out--out of the kitchen--with these gems: No longer will she be the only woman on the block to wear a slip under a see-through sweater, or feel guilty if the sun sets on an empty crockpot, nor will she care that she flunked her paper towel test. Our Erma is on her way to becoming a sub-total woman.
Presents a humorous discussion of a forty-three-year-old marriage.
"A truly wise and funny woman; a laugh-till-you cry book." LIBRARY JOURNAL Erma Bombeck has learned a few things about children and family over the years--and in a way that is uniquely and wonderfully her own, she shares everything she knows with her readers. Whether it's cleaning up after the kids and him, or expendable mothers-in-law, Erma Bombeck gets to the heart of the matter and makes us laugh through our tears.
The “marvelously funny” and much-loved humorist explores the perils of suburban living in this New York Times bestseller (Vogue). For years, the Bombecks have heard rumors of a magical land called Suburbia where the air is clean, the grass is trimmed, and children don’t risk getting mugged on their walk to school. After watching their friends flee the city for subdivided utopias like Bonaparte’s Retreat and Mortgage Mañana, Erma and her family load up their belongings and cry, “Station wagons . . . ho!” But life on the suburban frontier is not as perfect as they had hoped. The trees are stunted, the house is cramped, and there’s no grass at all. But the Bombecks will make do, for they are suburbanites now—the last true pioneers! This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erma Bombeck including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.
A cherished family reunion sets the stage for Erma Bombeck's predictably hilarious recollections of raising a family - that is, strangers who know each other intimately, but who have nothing in common (and want to keep it that way!). Erma's conclusion: families-you can't live with them, you can't live without them... or can you?
When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home
- 275 pages
- 10 hours of reading
"The author tells of her travel experiences around the world, addressing the questions of travelers everywhere." --
Presents an American family with love, perception, and irreverence
If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries—What Am I Doing in the Pits?
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
"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
