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Summary: I laughed till I cried
Review: This is not just a memoir for mothers to be. It is Ann Leary's unique, self- deprecating, caustic and hilarious account of what it feels like to be trapped in a foreign country and at the mercy of strangers. Her fears are our fears, her insights become the reader's. You laugh along with her as you would laugh at yourself. She has a way of saying exactly what you would be thinking and nodding your head in agreement and talking back to the book as if it were a very close friend. I felt a need to read aloud passages (and did) to whoever I was near at the time, so that they too, could join me in my delight. I laughed out loud many times, in public places, while reading it on my trip to Ireland (it only lasted the plane flight and one day, as I couldn't put it down) and I wept openly at one point, sniffling into my pot of tea. If you are traveling abroad, it should be at the top of your list and if you are not, read it anyway and you will feel like you are. It's Postcards From The Edge, but without the drugs and rehab. Her own personal kind of hell that must have been brutal while going through it and filled with humor and wit upon reflection. What else can one say, except that as a personal memoir, this one not only delivers exactly why these books should be written, it makes you want more of them. Hoping she doesn't make us wait too long for her next book, to see how she further tackles life, in her own inimitable style.
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Summary: Mark Twain Would be Proud of "an Innocent, a Broad"
Review: Wow, I noticed this really catchy cover in a bookstore and, wondering about the title, picked up the book, started reading and was still reading and laughing as I paid for it, walked out of the store and almost ran home to read it.I laughed, cried and thoroughly enjoyed sharing an insight into life with what must be one of America's funniest couples. It must not have been easy to relive the circumstances of a six month termination of a pregnancy in a foreign country. But Ann Leary describes the birth of her first child in London (where she happened to be with her husband, actor Denis Leary, for a long weekend), with a combination of humor, heartbreak and hope that took my breath away. I hope Ms Leary continues to write about her life and her family. I can't wait to see what happened when the young Leary family finally made it back to the United States and began the rest of their lives. I recommend you get this book for yourself and for all the friends you think might need a really, really good read! I'm sure I have happened upon a major new talent on the literary scene.
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