Celia Rivenbark

Belle Weather

Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits

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Produktbeschreibung

Hang on to your hats! We're in for some fiercely funny weather and crackling-sharp observations from Celia Rivenbark, of whom USA Today has said, "Think Dave Barry with a female point of view." With her incomparable style and sassy southern wit, you'll hear from Celia on: - The joys of remodeling Tara - How Harry Potter bitch-slaps Nancy Drew - Britney's To-Do list: pick okra, cover that thang up - How rugby-playing lesbians torpedoed beach day - Why French women suck at competitive eating - The truth about nature deficit disorder - The difference between cockroaches and water bugs - The beauty of Bedazzlers - And much, much more! Whether she's doing her taxes or extolling the virtues of Madonna's mothering skills, Celia Rivenbark will keep you laughing until the very last page.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780312363000
• ISBN-10: 0312363001
• Artikelnr.: 26394622

Autorenporträt

Celia Rivenbark is the author of the award-winning bestsellers Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank; Bless Your Heart, Tramp; Belle Weather; and You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start in the Morning. We're Just Like You, Only Prettier won a Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) Book Award for nonfiction and was a finalist for the James Thurber Prize for American Humor. Born and raised in Duplin County, North Carolina, Rivenbark grew up in a small house "with a red barn out back that was populated by a couple of dozen lanky and unvaccinated cats." She started out writing for her hometown paper. She writes a weekly, nationally syndicated humor column for the Myrtle Beach Sun News. She lives in Wilmington, North Carolina.