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Forever, Erma
by
Erma Bombeck
Forever, Erma gives readers around the world a classic way to hold on to this most gifted writer and her cherished columns.
In the pages of this book readers can delight again in their favorite selections. Here is Erma's first column, "Children Cornering the Coin Market," which ran in January 1965, as well as her last one, "Let's Face It," from April 1996. I88 other columns
...moreHardcover, 288 pages
Published
May 28th 2000
by MJF Books
(first published 1996)
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One of my favorite humorists of all time, Erma Bombeck ruled the newspaper pages, inspiring and amusing readers with her entertaining observations about the nature of motherhood. "Forever, Erma" was a labor of love: a posthumous collection featuring the most loved Bombeck columns, as well as a smattering of lesser known pieces and a chapter of tributes from colleagues, friends and family. For those unfamiliar with Bombeck's work, it's a good introduction. For those, like myself, who have loved h...more
Apr 09, 2009
Mommywest
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I laughed my head off while reading this book, but I also found myself in tears. Erma Bombeck was one of my mom's favorite columnists, and I loved reading the Erma column in Good Housekeeping when my mother was done with it. Even though I didn't totally understand it then, I still thought she was pretty funny. Now, as a mother, I truly appreciate the things she wrote about--all from the perspective of a mother and housewife, something you usually only find in blogs today.
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I remember my mother reading and enjoying Erma Bombeck. I also remember reading her column in the paper and thinking, "Huh?" Twenty years later (and a husband and three kids later), I get it. Reading Erma makes me feel a connection with the mothers of a generation before us. And maybe it can stretch back even earlier, though I think mothering before the age of technology was probably notably different. Regardless, I brought home a number of Erma books from my mom's a couple of years back and rec...more
Without doubt there is the Bombeck take on family life, and parenting -as with all of her work. This compilation proves to any of the uninitiated or those too young to recall racing to the newspaper to catch that day's column, that Ms. Bombeck was America's premier humorist ... surpassing, for my money, Thurber and Buchwald ... For me she the was the honest voice is a turbulent America - another Totie Fields, breaking through boundaries, another artist laying down macadam on new roads leading fr...more
Being a trailing spouse and a stay-at-home mom, I so love Erma. I wish she were alive and I wish she were my neighbor. She makes the mundane hilarious. She was a kind heart with a very quick wit. I get very caught up in my life and think that "NO ONE has ever gone through what I am going through." but her articles from the late 60's completely encompass what I am feeling in 2011...my kids are weird, my husband IS the Prince of Darkness, and I'm NOT going insane, I'm just in the middle of life.
This book is a compilation of Erma's best-loved columns. Reading it with my book club was so fun. I love her dry wit and ability to laugh at herself. Yet she had such dignity. She never worried about herself even at the end as her kidney transplant failed. She'll make you laugh one minute and cry the next and since there are so few well-known mothers writing columns nowadays, I loved reading this. It's timeless.
An incredible collection of writings from Erma's long-running syndicated column, this book offers anecdotes on life, love, housework, leftovers that refuse to die, lost socks in the dryer, etc. with Erma's trademark combination of wit, clever humor, and poignancy. I've read this book many times since it was published more than ten years ago, and I still love pulling it out to read every once in a while.
Erma Bombeck was a humorist who wrote newspaper columns. She is hilarious! I laughed and cried and then laughed some more. I love what she had to say about the advent of disposable diapers. Here is a small excerpt from her column: The question being asked by baby boomers isn't "Is there life after throwaway diapers are abolished?" but, "Is that life worth living?"
We picked this up in Children's Book Club for Nov 09, and at our meeting we each read a favorite piece. We laughed, cried, and laughed some more. The meeting lasted over 3 hours and nobody wanted to leave. Enough said? Erma wrote about real life as a mother, wife, neighbor and American, but thankfully she had an incredible sense of humor. So read this when you want to be reminded that life may not exactly be a bowl of cherries - but get over it, love it, laugh about it!
An anthology of Erma's articles: most of them I have read from other books, but feels good to revisit some of the articles. Still made me tear up at certain parts, like when the kids who grow up and go away, I loved you enough to say no etc. I am a great fan of EB.
I officially have the best columnist for my precis project. I have been "working on my precis project" for six hours now, which is, in reality, sitting in front of the computer that went to sleep hours ago, reading this book, and laughing until my stomach aches. So funny.
Just finished this. I'm sorry this smart, funny lady is no longer with us. There's a bit of old-fashioned-ness about her, but I like the way she cherishes the simple joys of life. This was a nice feel-good, lol read for this time of year. Thanks, Erma.
Was there ever anyone else like Erma Bombeck!! What a natural, wonderful woman! I loved her writing. She saw life as it really is and told it back to us in a humorous way. She is a classic. I loved her story.
I've always enjoyed reading old columns and quotes from Erma Bombeck. It was fun to read, a lot of quotes and stories I've enjoyed weren't in here. It still left me smiling every time I picked it up.
One of my favorite "I need a pick me up" books. You can't help but laugh at her best stories! My favorite will always be "The Boston Fern." She is also a fellow Daytonian.
Some very funny excerpts on raising children! I wasn't a huge fan of the humor dealing with marriage, just didn't get me rolling like some of the other entries.
Finished this book en route to Wichita Falls, TX, Target on New Year's Eve with my mom and sister. The end section with tributes to Erma was touching. I think all bloggers should read Erma, because she was doing it right before the format was even invented!
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This is a collection of Erma Bombeck's best writings, published after her untimely death in 1996. I will always treasure this book.
Oh my goodness I laughed SO hard while reading this! Loved it! Erma Bombeck is so hilarious and timelessly funny.
I cannot get enough of Erma. I love this book because it's a compilation of some of her best stuff.
You will cry your eyes out when you read her husbands passage at the end, but it is a must.
5/26/12 - Went to a few yardsales with mom & Kristina today. Got this one & some others.
I read and reread these articles until I laugh and cry. Erma Bombeck was the best.
Very funny - all about everyday happenings and how much humor there is in everyday things
Fun, fun, fun! I'm glad I'm not the only perfect mother out there. :)
Bill's tribute to end the book makes me cry every time I read it.
I laughed out loud all through this book. We will miss Erma.
Jun 20, 2011
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Laughed until I cried when reading many of her columns.
I think I like reading her columns more one at a time.
There are not enough words to describe how funny this lady is! :)
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Erma Louise Bombeck, born Erma Fiste, was an American humorist who achieved great popularity for a newspaper column that depicted suburban home life humorously, in the second half of the 20th century.
For 31 years since 1965, Erma Bombeck published 4,000 newspaper articles. Already in the 1970s, her witty columns were read, twice weekly, by thirty million readers of 900 newspapers of USA and Canada...more
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For 31 years since 1965, Erma Bombeck published 4,000 newspaper articles. Already in the 1970s, her witty columns were read, twice weekly, by thirty million readers of 900 newspapers of USA and Canada...more
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