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In Life Is Not a Stress Rehearsal, Loretta takes an honest and hilarious look at the gizmos, self-help regimens, talking heads, comfort products, nutrition plans, and sexual freedoms that we have all come to believe will make our lives better. She shows us that in many ways, they’re filling our lives with more stress and insanity and keeping us isolated from the thing that matters most in any healthy life: real human connection. With Loretta’s contemporary wit and a hearty dose of Francesca's old-world wisdom, Life Is Not a Stress Rehearsal is a breath of fresh air for everyone who's suffocating in our techno-crazed, germ-phobic, "go-go-go" world.]]> 2001 0 0 false Mon Apr 14 08:03:48 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 08:03:53 -0700 2008 20095255 397309 1118857 0767906667 9780767906661 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181147239m/1118857.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181147239s/1118857.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1118857.Life_is_Not_a_Stress_Rehearsal_Bringing_Yesterday_s_Sane_Wisdom_Into_Today_s_Insane_World 3.00 9
In Life Is Not a Stress Rehearsal, Loretta takes an honest and hilarious look at the gizmos, self-help regimens, talking heads, comfort products, nutrition plans, and sexual freedoms that we have all come to believe will make our lives better. She shows us that in many ways, they’re filling our lives with more stress and insanity and keeping us isolated from the thing that matters most in any healthy life: real human connection. With Loretta’s contemporary wit and a hearty dose of Francesca's old-world wisdom, Life Is Not a Stress Rehearsal is a breath of fresh air for everyone who's suffocating in our techno-crazed, germ-phobic, "go-go-go" world.]]> 2001 5 0 false Tue Jul 01 22:39:25 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 19:25:35 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 22:39:25 -0700 2008 18484637 1017886 3088886 0767906659 9780767906654 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3088886.Life_Is_Not_a_Stress_Rehearsal_Bringing_Yesterday_s_Sane_Wisdom_Into_Today_s_Insane_World 0.0 0 Life Is Not a Stress Rehearsal takes an honest and hilarious look at the gizmos, self-help regimens, talking heads, comfort products, nutrition plans, and sexual freedoms that we have all come to believe will make our lives better. She shows us that in many ways, they're filling our lives with more stress and insanity and keeping us isolated from the thing that matters most in any healthy life: real human connection.

When you spend time with children or family, does it feel like you're wasting time that could be spent working? Do you spend more time preparing for the gym than exercising? Do you read about sex, but never go on dates? Do you carry a beeper or cell phone wherever you go even though you’re not a trauma surgeon? Then Life Is Not a Stress Rehearsal is the book for you. With Loretta LaRoche’s signature mix of lighthearted insight and cutting-edge research, it will teach you how to take a step back and see the insanity for what it really is, take lessons from the way life used to be, and find your way to becoming a calmer, saner person. Among the topics Loretta discusses are:

*Just Have Some Lasagna and Shut Up!: On Living Without Guilt

*A Three-Dollar Bottle of Water!: On Consumerism and Common Sense

*Edgar Allan Poe in Analysis: On Individuality and Our Culture of Self-Improvement.

*Why Watch People Talk When You Can Talk to People?: On Turning to Mass Media for Connection

With Loretta's contemporary wit and a hearty dose of Francesca's old-world wisdom, Life Is Not a Stress Rehearsal is a breath of fresh air for everyone who's suffocating in our techno-crazed, germ-phobic, "go-go-go" world. By teaching you to slow down, smell the roses, and even laugh at yourself again, Life Is Not a Stress Rehearsal will allow you to take a step back from the lunacy that your life has become. It will remind you of a simpler, saner time, when what matters and what doesn't was a little easier to see, and lets you separate the noise that surrounds you from the wisdom within.]]> 2001 0 0 false Sun Mar 23 22:46:03 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 23 22:46:03 -0700 2008 18482926 1017886 1118857 0767906667 9780767906661 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181147239m/1118857.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181147239s/1118857.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1118857.Life_is_Not_a_Stress_Rehearsal_Bringing_Yesterday_s_Sane_Wisdom_Into_Today_s_Insane_World 3.00 9
In Life Is Not a Stress Rehearsal, Loretta takes an honest and hilarious look at the gizmos, self-help regimens, talking heads, comfort products, nutrition plans, and sexual freedoms that we have all come to believe will make our lives better. She shows us that in many ways, they’re filling our lives with more stress and insanity and keeping us isolated from the thing that matters most in any healthy life: real human connection. With Loretta’s contemporary wit and a hearty dose of Francesca's old-world wisdom, Life Is Not a Stress Rehearsal is a breath of fresh air for everyone who's suffocating in our techno-crazed, germ-phobic, "go-go-go" world.]]> 2001 0 0 false Sun Mar 23 22:22:55 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 23 22:22:55 -0700 2008 8671791 600763 1118857 0767906667 9780767906661 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181147239m/1118857.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181147239s/1118857.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1118857.Life_is_Not_a_Stress_Rehearsal_Bringing_Yesterday_s_Sane_Wisdom_Into_Today_s_Insane_World 3.00 9
In Life Is Not a Stress Rehearsal, Loretta takes an honest and hilarious look at the gizmos, self-help regimens, talking heads, comfort products, nutrition plans, and sexual freedoms that we have all come to believe will make our lives better. She shows us that in many ways, they’re filling our lives with more stress and insanity and keeping us isolated from the thing that matters most in any healthy life: real human connection. With Loretta’s contemporary wit and a hearty dose of Francesca's old-world wisdom, Life Is Not a Stress Rehearsal is a breath of fresh air for everyone who's suffocating in our techno-crazed, germ-phobic, "go-go-go" world.]]> 2001 2 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 04 18:33:29 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 04 18:33:29 -0800 2007 8506051 591995 1118857 0767906667 9780767906661 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181147239m/1118857.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181147239s/1118857.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1118857.Life_is_Not_a_Stress_Rehearsal_Bringing_Yesterday_s_Sane_Wisdom_Into_Today_s_Insane_World 3.00 9
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