Notes From The Underwire: Adventures From My Awkward And Lovely Life (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
Okay, memory quiz, for those of you willing to admit you go back this far: Remember the character of the little girl in the 80's TV series "Family?" Or, how about the character of the daughter in "The Goodbye Girl?" Both of those were played by Quinn Cummings, who, as it turns out, has grown up to be a very entertaining writer and blogger. This book was just chance pickup at the Friends of the Library book store, but it has been a fun companion in the car, perfect for reading for fifteen minutes at a time. Her chapter about her cat on catnip was read aloud to my boys at the bus stop, and got us started in the morning with some big laughs. I'll be buying her upcoming book, "The Year of Living Dangerously." It's about home schooling her daughter, which isn't the particular attraction for me, but I know it will be funny. Google her blog, The QC Report, for some writing samples. I always loved Quinn Cummings growing up. We were the same age and I admired her precociousness in every role she played. Well, Quinn is still adorably precocious and now I can admire the way she is raising her daughter...how she never got into drugs, alcohol and rehab at a young age; instead, she was working an AIDS hotline when she was 18. She is also hysterically funny...every page had me laughing out loud....well, except for a chapter towards the end, that had me crying. But no spoilers...I highly recommend this and can't wait for her new book about homeschooling her daughter which will be out this summer!
What do You think about Notes From The Underwire: Adventures From My Awkward And Lovely Life (2009)?
Fun & easy read. Not as funny as Laurie Notaro & Jen Lancaster's non-fiction though.
—megan
Funny - former child actor - Emma Brombeck type of humor.
—Trinidre
