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New York Times Bestseller: This anthology of Erma Bombeck�s most memorable and humorous essays is a tribute to one of America�s sharpest wits. When she began writing her regular newspaper column in 1965, Erma Bombeck�s goal was to make housewives laugh. Thirty years later, she had published more than four thousand columns, and earned countless laughs�from housewives, presidents, and everyone in between. With grace, good humor, and razor-sharp prose, she gently skewered every aspect of the American family. This collection holds the best of her columns�not just her famous quips, but also the heartbreaking observations that gave her writing such weight. In 1969, Erma wrote: �screaming kids, unpaid bills, green leftovers, husbands behind newspapers, basketballs in the bathroom. They�re real . . . they�re warm . . . they�re the only bit of normalcy left in this cockeyed world, and I�m going to cling to it like life itself.� With what Publishers Weekly calls her �infectious sense of human absurdity,� Erma Bombeck�s writing remains a timeless examination of the still-cockeyed world. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erma Bombeck including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author�s estate.