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Meet Me at Emotional Baggage Claim
by
Lisa Scottoline (Goodreads Author),
Francesca Serritella
Love and guilt are thick in the Scottoline/Serritella household, and Lisa and Francesca’s mother-daughter-turned-best-friends bond will strike a familiar note to many. But now that Lisa is a suburban empty nester and Francesca is an independent twentysomething in the big city, they have to learn how to stay close while living apart. How does a mother’s love translate acros...more
Hardcover, 272 pages
Published
November 13th 2012
by St. Martin's Press
(first published November 1st 2012)
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I became hooked on Lisa Scottoline’s Rosato & Associates novels some years ago featuring a tough-as-nails female attorney, Bennie Rosato, who starts a law firm consisting of a group of female attorneys, each of whom has her own story, as told in successive novels. Consequently, Lisa Scottoline’s name was very familiar to me when I spotted it on the cover of a book on the new-books shelf at the town library, with their name this time being coupled with that of Francisca Serritella, who turns...more
I enjoy listening to the audio versions of Lisa and Francesca‘s Chick Wit column. There are so many times that I can relate moments of their lives to the interactions that my daughter and I have had. I no longer have a Mother Mary in my life and never did have a Brother Frank, but I too can remember the exchanges between my mother and me and wonder how either of us had survived.
I was playing the audio version during a college tour trip with my daughter and from time to time, I could see a little...more
I was playing the audio version during a college tour trip with my daughter and from time to time, I could see a little...more
I have found that I cannot resist these books. I think it is because I can relate to their mother-daughter relationship and the goofy banter throughout the book. Plus they are a fun, quick read. I find myself tearing up in spots (I can't deny that PMS isn't involved) and then laughing out loud in others. Lisa Scottoline and her daughter say the things I think and feel but don't write down. I love that they can find humor in mundane life events. I appreciate that the witticism comes effortlessly...more
For a long time I avoided non-fiction, claiming that I just didn't like it. Lisa Scottoline is one of my favorite fiction authors, and yet I avoided this one for that same reason. The other day at the library, in the large print section (I am 40 now), this book was beautifully displayed and I just couldn't resist it. I fell in love with it from almost the beginning. It was funny. Laugh out loud funny. You receive a great idea of what the relationship is like between Lisa, Daughter Francesca, Mot...more
This book is NOT your typical Lisa Scottoline. I have read about everything she's written, and taken classes from her.
This is a fun romp through a discourse between a fifty something mom and her twenty something daughter, sometimes bringing into the picture Lisa's mother.
She wrote this story with her daughter, Francesca Scottoline Serritella. Well, it's not really a story. It's a group of little vignettes, some written from Mom's point of view, and some from daughter's point of view. It's light...more
This is a fun romp through a discourse between a fifty something mom and her twenty something daughter, sometimes bringing into the picture Lisa's mother.
She wrote this story with her daughter, Francesca Scottoline Serritella. Well, it's not really a story. It's a group of little vignettes, some written from Mom's point of view, and some from daughter's point of view. It's light...more
I picked this up randomly in the library and just couldn't finish it. It's like one author is telling you some rambling information about her life, and then the other jumps in for a chapter to tell you some additional rambling stuff and responding to the first author's rambling tale. In this case, the two authors are a mother and a daughter. The authors say the book is funny. I had to take their word for it. Here's an excerpt:
Dogs don't have emotional baggage.
And if they did, they'd forget it at...more
Dogs don't have emotional baggage.
And if they did, they'd forget it at...more
Meet me at Emotional Baggage Claim, by Lisa Scottoline, and Francesca Serratella, narrated by the authors, produced by Macmillan Audio, downloaded from audible.com.
This is another collection of the mother-daughter columns from the Philadelphia Inquirer. They are humorous and poignant at the same time. They both read their columns very entertainingly. Lisa does her mother, whom she refers to as “Mother Mary” very well. This mother and daughter are really each other’s best friends. Lisa being abou...more
This is another collection of the mother-daughter columns from the Philadelphia Inquirer. They are humorous and poignant at the same time. They both read their columns very entertainingly. Lisa does her mother, whom she refers to as “Mother Mary” very well. This mother and daughter are really each other’s best friends. Lisa being abou...more
More from that wacky mother/daughter/daughter family of writers and victims of over-familiarity.
Yes, parts are amusing; parts are touching; parts are just annoying. How much do you really want to know about excess gas among these ladies and their pets.
Do you really want to know Lisa sleeps with 4-5 dogs and 2 cats and wonders about waking up with ticks...repeatedly/
The first of these memoirs was hilarious. The second less so. Now for 3 and 4, I would suggest a return to mysteries. Oh, wait, ther...more
Yes, parts are amusing; parts are touching; parts are just annoying. How much do you really want to know about excess gas among these ladies and their pets.
Do you really want to know Lisa sleeps with 4-5 dogs and 2 cats and wonders about waking up with ticks...repeatedly/
The first of these memoirs was hilarious. The second less so. Now for 3 and 4, I would suggest a return to mysteries. Oh, wait, ther...more
I'm the same age as Lisa Scottoline and have a daughter the same age as her daughter Francesca Serritella and have a mother the same age as Mother Mary. I can relate to her stories on so many levels, minus the pets. I can't imagine sleeping with 2 dogs (not Thing 1 and Thing 2, but real dogs). I love the stories and recommend the audiobooks because they are read by the authors. I feel like Lisa and I are friends because I know so much about her, and she seems to know me even though we've never m...more
Mar 22, 2013
Cook Memorial Public Library
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humorous-stories
Once more, this delightful mother and daughter team present a funny and charming collection of essays, featuring their every day adventures in life and love. Each writes with a warm and welcoming voice, as if you were sitting down for coffee with a good friend and sharing stories. Truly a treat to read!
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Lisa Scottoline is one of my favorite suspense/mystery writers, so when she started writing non-fiction, telling short stories about her life, I had to get those books too. This is the third and is co-authored by her 25 year old daughter. I listened to the audio because they read their own stories and it adds another whole dimension. They are mostly 700 word essays that run in their column in a Philadelphia newspaper. They are witty, cute, funny, honest and cover an array of topics from 9/11 mem...more
Loved hearing Lisa and her daughter read their own work! Since she and her daughter seem to be similar in age to my daughter and I, I could really relate to a lot of what they said. The stories are both funny and touching, but always true to life. I really enjoyed this book and "Why My Third Husband will be a dog". Now I will try to find an audio of the second memoir, as I think hearing them really tops off the stories!
Not quite what I was expecting. Instead of telling some sort of overarching story, this appeared to be a series of reprinted newspaper columns from the mom, peppered with a few chapters from her daughter. It wasn't bad, some of it made me laugh and a lot of it reminded me of my relationship with my mom. But the editing didn't seem to be carefully done (for instance events/holidays were mentioned out of sequence) and it lacked the emotional depth I was looking for.
Book by Lisa Scottoline and daughter, Francesca Serritella mixes family life,adjustments and keeping close across state lines. Throw in Mother Mary, Lisa's mother and you have a dish of many flavors and stages of life. I recognize myself and my Ma in parts of this book. Of course some stuff was TMI and Lisa says so but all in all is addressed with humor and love.
I love Lisa Scottoline's topics about her family. They're so familiar - probably because I'm close to the author's age and I have children that are close to Francesca's age - and my mother is Mother Mary's age (or close). They are so true. Some are funny, some heartwarming, some spoke to me because of my family. All are wonderful. This a witty, heartfelt book.
This is little storys from the column that Lisa and her daughter Francesca write for newspapers. It's little storys about them and their lives and their feeling about 'stuff'. I love Scottoline's series of books about femal lawyers so I thought I would give this a try. They have other books like this one but one is enough, good but not that good.
This was a quick read - about mothers and daughters - luckily Lisa Scottoline is an excellent writer so it keeps you going through all the various vignettes.. it was humorous but not outrageously so... this was a good in-between book - one to read and finish before I found the next one I really wanted to read.
Once more, this delightful mother and daughter team present a funny and charming collection of essays, featuring their every day adventures in life and love. Each writes with a warm and welcoming voice, as if you were sitting down for coffee with a good friend and sharing stories. Truly a treat to read!
Very funny book by this well-known mystery writer. I have not read her mysteries, but this book, with tales from her life is very good. Mostly stories about her life with her sweet mom and daughter, with a few funny chapters on growing older. Easy to read and will make you laugh.
For whatever reason, I really like the annual collection of columns published by Lisa Scottoline and her daughter, Francesca Serritella, and enjoy the mother/daughter interplay. One quibble from someone who has read all of these column compilations: We get it, Lisa. You're divorced!
As always, I love the witty, humorous, and charming Lisa entries. I'm not sure Francesca's are necessary, however; hers, although well-written, seem to be aimed at a more exclusive, younger audience, and she lacks her mother's charm. She would do well to write her own book.
I think I just needed a different kind of book right now. This book is a compilation of tales/observances from a mother and her daughter. I heard the mother author speak at the National Book Fair, and she was hilarious. I might have to stick to the fiction she produces.
This is an enjoyable book to read! Some chapters are written by her and some by her daughter, Francesca. They are so close! And yet, Lisa's mom causes her emotional problems. I started reading it and though I could put it down, savored the whole book!
This book was written by Mother Lisa and Daughter Francesca, as they seem to like to be called. Not quite sure why, this book didn't really do it for me. There were a few good chuckles, but it was in between a lot of cheese....if u know what I mean!
I just love to read the books that Lisa Scottoline writes with her daughter. They are always funny, cheerful, and honest about life, growing older, and mother-daughter relationships. I find these books as sort of a vacation without leaving home.
I haven't been able to put her previous books down. Enjoyed this one but not as much. Maybe because I had read a bunch of the columns. Maybe because it just didn't seem as amusing. Disappointed as these books have always been a sit and read in one sitting kind of book for me
Her non-fiction books, comprised of her and her daughters column from the Philadelphia Enquirer, are literally LOL! I get busted LOL in public places when I am reading them on my lunch breaks. I really enjoy these and I am going to make sure to read some of her fiction in the New Year.
Loved it--especially the chapter about hands. I can still remember when my mother told me she put her arm through her sleeve one day and out came her mother's hand. I know exactly when I had the same experience.
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I can't believe I was disappointed in a Scottoline/Serritella book! First time reading them that I didn't laugh through the entire thing. Still a cute read, but not nearly as funny as the others.
A fun read but not quite what I was expecting ... I knew it would be reflective essays of sorts and they were funny but it feels a bit like I missed something somewhere.
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