Lipshtick - by Gwen Macsai (Paperback)

About the Book

An award-winning NPR writer and producer offers a wildly funny collection of essays about dating, shopping, junior high school dances, comfort foods, flings, girls with and without girlfriends, and more.

Book Synopsis

In this hilarious series of incisive essays. NPR writer Gewn Macsai gives you some lip on chin hairs, bad boys, sagging breasts, going to the bathroom in twos, and many other rites of womanhood...

Review Quotes

"If you are foolish enough to believe that a hilarious book with insights into the human experience can help you with even your deepest problems, then this is an absolute must read for you."-- James L. Brooks, director, "As Good as It Gets""A mighty mighty rant; a brickhouse handbook on being a girlfriend by a woman who's just letting it all hang out."-- Lynda Barry, author, " The Good Times Are Killing Me""Gwen Macsai's great gift is to run the ordinary experiences of girlhood, adolescence, romance, and motherhood through her extraordinary good sense, good humor, and cockeyed charm. I am a better woman for reading "Lipshtick." But now I have to get a whole new wardrobe."-- Scott Simon, host, "Weekend Edition Saturday," NPR"One of the best--if not the very best--of NPR commentators from "Morning Edition"'s Golden Age--here's an opportunity for readers to sample Macsai's lapidary craftswomanship."Daniel Pinkwater, author of "The Education of Robert"""Lipshtick" by National Public Radio writer Gwen Macsai, is truly laugh-out-loud hilarious. So be a friend to yourself and buy this book.""Mode" magazine"A candid...comic frolic revealing the inner life of girls, dates, brides, wives and mothers."" Kirkus""Macsai chronicles each weigh station along the interstate that rushes us from girlhood to womanhood in a series of first-person essays as witty, well-timed, and outrageous as successful stand-up routines."" Booklist""Her autobiographical essays on the importance of girlfriends, blind dates, chin hairs, and pregnancy resonate with the humor and wisdom of a best friend. An enjoyable romp through this journey we call life, this is highly recommended...""Library Journal.".".Macsai has the greatability to make others laugh at the everyday moments of life.""Chicago Tribune""Part self-help, part stand-up, this sparkling debut will speak to plenty of women-maybe even to a few curious men. Colorful commentary to please every palate.""People" (starred-Book of the Week)