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New York Times Bestseller: This anthology of Erma Bombeck’s most memorable and humorous essays is a tribute to one of America’s sharpest wits.
When she began writing her regular newspaper column in 1965, Erma Bombeck’s goal was to make housewives laugh. Thirty years later, she had published more than four thousand columns, and earned countless laughs—from housewives, presidents, and everyone in between....
When she began writing her regular newspaper column in 1965, Erma Bombeck’s goal was to make housewives laugh. Thirty years later, she had published more than four thousand columns, and earned countless laughs—from housewives, presidents, and everyone in between....
2) Wifey
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Sandy Pressman is a nice suburban wife whose boredom is getting the best of her. She could be making friends at the club, like her husband keeps encouraging her to do. Or working on her golf game. Or getting her hair done. But for some reason, these things don't interest her as much as the naked man on the motorcycle
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Biblioasis
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Baking a multitude of tartes tatin for local restaurants, an Ohio housewife contemplates her four kids, husband, cats, and chickens. Also, America's ignoble past and her own regrets. She is surrounded by dead lakes, fake facts, Open Carry maniacs, and oodles of online advice about survivalism, veil toss duties, and how to be more like Jane Fonda. But what do you do when you keep stepping on your son's toy tractors, your life depends on stolen land...
4) Cruel intent
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When Ali Reynolds' twin daughters discover the brutally murdered body of Morgan Forester, her home remodeling contractor, Logan, becomes the primary suspect. Logan swears he has absolutely nothing to do with the murder, and Ali believes him. Unfortunately, though, no one else does, including Ali's dear friend Detective Dave Holman. How far will strong-willed Ali go to prove Logan's innocence? And at what cost?
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"CWA Gold Dagger winner Mick Herron's debut novel introduces Sarah Tucker, whose search for a missing child unravels a murderous conspiracy. When a house explodes in a quiet Oxford suburb and a young girl disappears in the aftermath, Sarah Tucker--a young married woman, bored and unhappy with domestic life--becomes obsessed with finding her. Accustomed to dull chores in a childless household and hosting her husband's wearisome business clients for...
9) Femmes fatal
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Ellie Haskell mysteries volume 5
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Bantam Books
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[1994]
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English
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Desperate to save her floundering marriage, new mother Ellie Haskell signs up for a course in the sensual arts and finds herself involved in a case of murder when a classmate dies in a fatally frothy bubble bath. Reprint.
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Washington Square Press
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2016.
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English
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"The page-turning new novel from the internationally bestselling author known for her "conversational writing style and a knack for making readers care about her characters" (The Washington Post) takes us into the homes of an idyllic suburban neighborhood where we discover the burning secrets hiding just below the surface. Bucolic Newport Cove, where spontaneous block parties occur on balmy nights and all of the streets are named for flowers, is...
14) Stay close
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Three people--a suburban housewife, a talented documentary photographer, and a detective--living lives they never wanted, hiding secrets that even those closest to them would never suspect, will find that the past doesn't recede ... and that desperation and hunger can lurk behind even the prettiest facades.
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HarperCollins
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[2001]
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English
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"From the perspective of modern marriage, the distinguished cultural historian Marilyn Yalom charts the evolution of marriage in the Judeo-Christian world through the centuries and shows how radical that collective change has been." -- Cover
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Bloomsbury
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2017.
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English
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A tale set over an evening in contemporary Istanbul follows Peri, a married, wealthy Turkish woman, as she navigates cultural, religious, and economic tensions during a seaside mansion dinner party while enduring painful memories of friendships during her Oxford years.
19) Premonition
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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A housewife's life is shattered when she finds out the her husband Jim is killed in a gruesome car accident, but when she awakes the next morning, he is still alive and well. As she keeps having dreams about his death, she must decide what to do.
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Acorn Media
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[2005]
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English
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She is an everyday housewife bored beyond endurance with her life. Married to a dour dentist who collects butterflies obsessively and the mother of two teenage sons whoese chief occupation is bickering with their father, Ria Parkinson wants something more. When she meets a wealthy businessman who tries to woo her, Ria struggles to find out if this is what she really wants.
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