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1	Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession more books like this by Erma Bombeck Erma Bombeck views motherhood with warmth, humor, insight, and compassion. She rescues motherhood from the unreal realm of cliche, myth, and make-believe. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	At Wits End more books like this by Erma Bombeck "America's irrepressible doyenne of domestic satire."THE BOSTON GLOBEMadcap, bittersweet humor in classic Erma Bombeck-style. You'll laugh until it hurts and love it! "Any mother with half a skull knows that when Daddy's little boy becomes Mommy's little boy, the kid is so wet, he's treading water. What do you mean you're a participle in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.24! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank more books like this by Erma Bombeck "She is marvelously funny, direct as a hypodermic, a virtuoso in the field of suburban living....Lovely stuff."VOGUEIt's the expose to end all exposes--the truth about the suburbs: where they planted trees and crabgrass came up, where they planted the schools and taxes came up, where they died of old age trying to merge onto the freeway and where ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.67! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Forever, Erma: Best-Loved Writing from America's Favorite Humorist more books like this by Erma Bombeck, Alan McDermott (Foreword by), Donna Martin (Foreword by) Readers around the world loved Erma Bombeck and cherished every one of her columns. "Forever, Erma", a collection of columns dating from her first in January 1965 to her last in April 1996, also includes a tribute chapter with remembrances from some of Erma's family, friends and colleagues, and will give fans a classic way to hold on to this most ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| first editions \| SVS
5	All I Know about Animal Behavior I Learned in Loehmann's Dressing Room more books like this by Erma Bombeck Erma Bombeck studied human nature the way Jane Goodall studies chimps, until "...the breakthrough hit me like a bolt. Jane and I were studying the same species." Each chapter of this book is headed by an observation on animal behavior, foregrounding Bombeck's comments on older women having babies, men who can't ask for directions, alternative ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Family-The Ties That Bind...and Gag! more books like this by Erma Bombeck Bombeck discusses raising a family, a subject she brings up with more fun and feeling than anyone else around. Spouses, offspring, domestic guests and pets--Erma Bombeck sends up family life with typical Bombeck bravura! see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	A Marriage Made in Heaven or Too Tired for an Affair more books like this by Erma Bombeck In this lovingly hilarious look at her 44-years-and-counting marriage to a man she wouldn't trade for anything in the world -- who would finish her sentences? -- Erma Bombeck offers observations as only she can, on: The true test of compatibility: buying a house that "needs work" Surviving parenthood, and the nest that won't stay empty How ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS
8	When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home more books like this by Erma Bombeck Erma Bombeck takes her show on the road in this book about family travel. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	If Life is a Bowl of Cherries-What Am I Doing in the Pits? more books like this by Erma Bombeck America's best-loved humorist chronicles all aspects of raising a family--andhow to survive it. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.01! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	I Want to Grow Hair, I Want to Grow Up, I Want to Go to Boise more books like this by Erma Bombeck Imbued with Bombeck's trademark humor, this heartwarming look at children with cancer features the children's own observations. A poignant and touching recording. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	Just Wait Till You Have Children of Your Own! more books like this by Erma Bombeck "She goes a long way with her book to prove that humor is the best -- possibly the only -- way to keep the world on an even keel."CHICAGO SUN-TIMESRemember the things Mother used to say? Erma Bombeck remembers them all and now she's using them on her own kids! With clever illustrations by Bob Keane, these really funny, too-true observations on ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.57! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12	I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression more books like this by Erma Bombeck Text interspersed with cartoons to illustrate the more absurd features of the family . see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.29! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Forever Erma: Best-Loved Writing from America's Favorite Philosopher more books like this by Erma Bombeck A collection of more than 120 essays spanning 25 years, from the woman who specialized in finding the humor in everyday life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14	I Want to Grow Hair, I Want to Grow Up, I Want to Go to Boise: Children Surviving Cancer more books like this by Erma Bombeck America's favorite family writer presents a warm, important book about children surviving cancer. Using the children's own observations and illustrations, Bombeck will move you with tales of the hope, love and innocence of childhood. Harper & Row. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions \| SVS
15	A Marriage Made in Heaven-- more books like this by Erma Bombeck Irresistible Force met Immovable Object in 1949 when Erma and Bill Bombeck married. From their canned chili days of "Living on Love" to "Creative Arguing" to "For Better or for Work", Erma serves up timeless tales of laughter and love that have defined couples since Adam and Eve. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Best of Bombeck more books like this by Erma Bombeck Here in one volume are three of Bombeck's hilarious books on family humor. Includes At Wit's End, "Just Wait Till You Have Children of Your Own!" and I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression.544 pp. 6 x 9. Orig. 3 vols. $26.85. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.40! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits?: Bestselling Author of Family--The Ties That Bind...and Gag! more books like this by Erma Bombeck "See if you can read a paragraph without laughing out loud."Art BuchwaldThe 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 see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.45! \| SVS
18 view cover	Forever, Erma more books like this by Erma Bombeck A collection of more than 120 essays spanning 25 years, from the woman who specialized in finding the humor in everyday life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.95! \| first editions
19 view cover	Aunt Erma's Cope Book more books like this by Erma Bombeck "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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.97! \| first editions \| SVS
20	Aunt Erma's cope book : how to get from Monday to Friday - in 12 days more books like this by Erma Bombeck see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21	Grass Greener S Tank by Erma Bombeck see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Eat Less Cottage Cheese and More Ice Cream: Thoughts on Life from Erma Bombeck more books like this by Erma Bombeck In 1979, someone asked humorist Erma Bombeck, "If you had your life to live over, would you change anything'" Her immediate answer was no, but once she thought about it, she changed her mind. The result was a classic column full of Bombeck"s signature wit and warmth. Now the beloved column that has hung on hundreds of refrigerator doors has been ... see all copies from $3.08! new only from $6.99! \| SVS
23	Life Is a Bowl of Cherries more books like this by Erma Bombeck see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	When God Created Mothers more books like this by Erma Bombeck When it first appeared in Erma Bombeck's Mother's Day column in 1974, When God Created Mothers was an instant success, clipped from newspapers, tucked into purses, and tacked onto refrigerators all over America. Now in this beautiful keepsake edition, Bombeck's moving words are paired with original art that bring to life the warm portrait of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
25 view cover	Unplanned Parenthood:: The Confessions of a Seventy-Something Surrogate Mother more books like this by Liz Carpenter, Erma Bombeck (Introduction by) As a journalist and press secretary and staff director to Ladybird Johnson, Liz Carpenter witnessed firsthand many momentous events of history. Well into her seventies, Carpenter took on the task of bringing up three teenagers. Here is the story of how she and the kids survived it all and reaped the rewards that one generation can bestow on ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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