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Preorder A Boob's Life in paperback for Mother's Day! New material adds to the the pop culture memoir that Good Morning America and Glamour Magazine call a Must-read, People lists it in Best New Books, Katie Couric's book curator, Zibby Owens (host of the Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books podcast), names it as one of the books that got her through quarantine... and Salma Hayek is making it into a comedy series for HBOMax!

Leslie, called "a bold new voice for Modern Feminism," also wrote the Target Recommended thriller What A Mother Knows, the book club hit, Wife Goes On, and her prize-winning debut, 66 Laps. She's written three humorous nonfiction books, the film for "Heartless," and "Club Divorce" for Lifetime. Her essays are featured in ...more

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	What a Mother Knows 3.21 avg rating — 919 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Boob's Life: How America's Obsession Shaped Me... and You 3.59 avg rating — 569 ratings — published 2021 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	66 Laps by Leslie Lehr (Goodreads Author), Brenda Janowitz (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.49 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wife Goes On 3.10 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One More Page: A Fiction Sampler with Bonus Writing Advice from 17 Successful Novelists by Marilyn Brant (Goodreads Author), Christa Allan (Goodreads Author), Judith Arnold (Goodreads Author) 3.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Dear friends, Fire broke out just as I typed Happy New Year on my January newsletter, a recap of client news and upcoming events. The wind howled so loudly that I looked out my office window. Billowing smoke engulfed the ridge above our Pacific Palisades home. Flames shot into the sky. I closed my file…

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What's Mine and Yours

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Hour of the Witch

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“Breast are not just a body part. They might be he whole game.”
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“It goes right back to judging women with large breasts as bimbos and small breasts as brains; women who are believed versus women who are ridiculed. Our bodies are the common denominator in the ways we are held back.”
― Leslie Lehr, A Boob's Life: How America's Obsession Shaped Me ... and You

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“There's no bitch on earth like a mother frightened for her kids.”
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“Fiction is the truth inside the lie.”
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“I write to find out what I think.”
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“And there's always a better time than right now and there always will be. But right now is what we've got.”
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“Our mothers always remain the strangest, craziest people we've ever met.”
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Aletta wrote: "Thanks for connecting! What do you like to read? Looking forward to your recommendations."

I like to read new releases of all kinds, mostly female authors. Check out my reviews -- I review the ones I think are worth reading for any reason!

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