Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Author: Jean Kerr
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504055748
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 110

Book Description
The “refreshing . . . laugh-out-loud” #1 New York Times bestseller about life in the suburbs that was adapted into a classic film comedy (Kirkus Reviews). One day, Tony Award–winning playwright Jean Kerr packed up her four kids (and husband, Walter, one of Broadway’s sharpest critics), and left New York City. They moved to a faraway part of the world that promised a grassy utopia where daisies grew wild and homes were described as neo-gingerbread. In this collection of “wryly observant” essays, Kerr chronicles her new life in this strange land called Larchmont (TheWashington Post). It sounds like bliss—no more cramped apartments and nightmarish after-theater cocktail parties where the martinis were never dry enough. Now she has her very own washer/dryer, a garden, choice seats at the hottest new third-grade school plays (low overhead but they’ll never recoup their losses), and a fresh new kind of lunacy. In Please Don’t Eat the Daisies “Jean Kerr cooks with laughing gas” as she explores the everyday absurdities, anxieties, and joys of marriage, family, friends, home decorating, and maintaining a career—but this time with a garage! (Time).

The Snake Has All the Lines

Author: Jean Kerr
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504075099
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 108

Book Description
The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Please Don’t Eat the Daisies offers another hilarious look at home life, show business, and more. Jean Kerr played many roles in her life, from exasperated mother to Broadway playwright and keen observer of mid-twentieth century suburbia. She also became one of America’s most beloved humorists by sharing her insights and anecdotes in a series of popular newspaper columns. In The Snake Has All the Lines, Kerr explores topics ranging from family vacations and modern convenience to the trials and tribulations of opening a new play. With her inimitable wit, she reminds us that while life may be a day at the beach, a day at the beach with small children can have you questioning your life choices in no time.

Penny Candy

Author: JEAN KERR
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

Mary, Mary

Author: Jean Kerr
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 9780822207375
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
THE STORY: As Howard Taubman of the New York Times describes: You will not be overwhelmed to discover that Mary is contrary and that her trouble is basic insecurity. Seems she had an older sister, a stunner. Oh, the traumatic effect on Mary! In hi

Lunch Hour

Author: Jean Kerr
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573618628
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 108

Book Description
Domestic comedy. Psychiatrist whose wife is having an affair, tries to make her jealous by flirting with a man's young wife. 2 acts, 3 scenes, 3 men, 2 women, 1 interior.

How I Got to be Perfect

Author: Jean Kerr
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780725506872
Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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Bring on the Empty Horses

Author: David Niven
Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780340839959
Category : Motion picture actors and actresses
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Following The Moon's a Ballon, this title presents the second part of David Niven's autobiography. This book aims to be a reminder of a much-loved actor who epitomised, for many, the essential British gent, even when surrounded by the stars of Hollywood.

Eat Your Peas

Author: Kes Gray
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1862305706
Category : Children's picture books
Languages : en
Pages : 34

Book Description
Mom offers increasingly fantastic bribes to get Daisy to eat her peas, but what Daisy actually wants is quite simple.

Raising Demons

Author: Shirley Jackson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143127292
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
In the uproarious sequel to Life Among the Savages, the author of The Haunting of Hill House confronts the most vexing demons yet: her children In the long out-of-print sequel to Life Among the Savages, Jackson’s four children have grown from savages into full-fledged demons. After bursting the seams of their first house, Jackson’s clan moves into a larger home. Of course, the chaos simply moves with them. A confrontation with the IRS, Little League, trumpet lessons, and enough clutter to bury her alive—Jackson spins them all into an indelible reminder that every bit as thrilling as a murderous family in a haunted house is a happy family in a new home.

Doris Day

Author: David Kaufman
Publisher: Virgin Books Limited
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 680

Book Description
Kaufman has written Doris Day's incredible, previously untold story. While Day symbolized virtuous America to the rest of the world, she was in many ways the opposite of her image as "the girl next door."