AUNT ERMA'S COPE BOOK
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
4 journalers for this copy...
purchased from the friends of the santee library sale for 25 cents
There was a time when I use to find EB amusing, the keyword here is use. This book was written over 30 years ago and is really dated. I was into reading all of the self help books and Ms. Bombeck pokes fun at a lot of the books that a perused, I am not objecting to this but somehow she misses the mark for being funny.
The following review is from amazon:
Self-help book of a self-help book addict, August 16, 2000
By E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews
Erma Bombeck chronicles a year in the 80s when she devoted her time and energy to self-help books, like the "Total Woman."
A reader both feels sympathy for Erma's somewhat bumbling attempts to become what these books demand of her, and for her harried husband, who must have woken up every morning to wonder who his wife is today. She is pressed by an apparently lunatic friend to read "The Sub-Total Woman", attempting to act sexy and wifely to save her marriage, but only ends up weirding out her husband and burning up her nightgown.
Other chapters involve Transcendental Meditation, thrift, the guests from hell, astrology guilt, other people's middle-aged pregnancies, jogging, and the ultimate frontier: satisfaction. You'll want to jeer at the bizarre ladies at the end of this, but you definitely won't regret buying it.
The following review is from amazon:
Self-help book of a self-help book addict, August 16, 2000
By E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews
Erma Bombeck chronicles a year in the 80s when she devoted her time and energy to self-help books, like the "Total Woman."
A reader both feels sympathy for Erma's somewhat bumbling attempts to become what these books demand of her, and for her harried husband, who must have woken up every morning to wonder who his wife is today. She is pressed by an apparently lunatic friend to read "The Sub-Total Woman", attempting to act sexy and wifely to save her marriage, but only ends up weirding out her husband and burning up her nightgown.
Other chapters involve Transcendental Meditation, thrift, the guests from hell, astrology guilt, other people's middle-aged pregnancies, jogging, and the ultimate frontier: satisfaction. You'll want to jeer at the bizarre ladies at the end of this, but you definitely won't regret buying it.
Journal Entry 3 by 
sha
at Albertsons Lake Murray At Navajo in San Diego, California USA on Tuesday, October 7, 2008
sha at Albertsons Lake Murray At Navajo in San Diego, California USA on Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (10/7/2008 UTC) at Albertsons Lake Murray At Navajo in San Diego, California USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
released for the never judge wk 40 challenge; outside the stores, in the vending machines, on top of phone booths, etc.
Thank you for catching this book! Please let us know that you've found the book and where you might re-release it when you're done. You don’t have to read it, though!
You may remain totally anonymous if you choose. The site is totally free, there are no strings and no spam involved. If you choose to join up, I hope you will consider using me, sha, as the one who referred you.
p.s. You don’t have to read it!
released for the never judge wk 40 challenge; outside the stores, in the vending machines, on top of phone booths, etc.
Thank you for catching this book! Please let us know that you've found the book and where you might re-release it when you're done. You don’t have to read it, though!
You may remain totally anonymous if you choose. The site is totally free, there are no strings and no spam involved. If you choose to join up, I hope you will consider using me, sha, as the one who referred you.
p.s. You don’t have to read it!
Walking into Albertson's today to pick up a few things on my way home, I saw this book sitting on a table and I figured that sha had recently been here.
It looks like a fun, easy read. I'll give it a try, then pass it on.
mass market paperback, with a worn and torn cover
It looks like a fun, easy read. I'll give it a try, then pass it on.
mass market paperback, with a worn and torn cover
A satire on self-help books, taking a humorous look at a middle-aged woman striving for perfection in a 1980s middle-class family.
Sent to southernfryed in South Carolina, as a winner of my 8th Bookcrossing Anniversary RABCK. Hope you enjoy it!
This book was in my mailbox today:) I love Erma Bombeck and I look forward to reading this! Thank You and Happy Bookiversary, pinklady60!
7/15/2014
Book is dated a bit but hey, I lived through the 80's and I managed to still find a few smiles hidden between the pages. I think Erma summed up the whole self-help thing pretty well in the last chapter.
7/15/2014
Book is dated a bit but hey, I lived through the 80's and I managed to still find a few smiles hidden between the pages. I think Erma summed up the whole self-help thing pretty well in the last chapter.
Dropped this book in the mail to Tribefan for The Rubber City Book Posse to use in a mass release at Oddmall on Nov. 1
Thank you for sending! This book will be wild released on Nov. 1st by the Rubber City Book Posse at OddMall located at the John S. Knight Center in downtown Akron.
Journal Entry 10 by 
Tribefan
at Odd Mall - John S. Knight Center in Akron, Ohio USA on Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Tribefan at Odd Mall - John S. Knight Center in Akron, Ohio USA on Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Released 9 yrs ago (11/1/2014 UTC) at Odd Mall - John S. Knight Center in Akron, Ohio USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Look for the Rubber City Book Posse!
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Bookcrossing: n. the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise.
- from the Concise Oxford English Dictionary
Welcome to BookCrossing!
Thank you for picking up this book. Please make a journal entry on the BookCrossing site (www.bookcrossing.com) to let me know that this book has found a good home with you. You may choose to remain anonymous or to join (its free). If you join, please consider indicating that you were referred by Tribefan. I hope you enjoy the book. You can make another journal entry with your comments when you’ve finished reading. Whenever you’re ready to send it on its way, make a journal entry if you are giving or sending this book to a known person, or release notes if you are leaving it “in the wild” again for anyone to catch. Then watch its journey. You’ll be alerted by e-mail each time someone makes another journal entry. It’s all confidential (you’re known only by your screen name and no one is ever given your e-mail address), free, and spam-free.
