From comparing notes with friends to conducting a survey that spread across the country, Merry Bloch Jones has been a collector of quirks and foibles - specifically the little, unexpected things men do that make their wives crazy. And what treasure she's found. Here, from hundreds of eager-to-share women (first names only, please), comes one juicy detail after the next, and a whimsically candid portrait of husbands in America. "He's CEO of his company. If anyone knew this, the stock would drop. He sleeps in his shorts, and every morning, when he takes them off to shower, he blows his nose in them and drops them on the bathroom floor."-Heather, Chicago, IL. "He used coupons to pay for our anniversary dinner."-Dolly, New York, NY. "He truly believes there's no such thing as a bad pun."-Eleanor, New Haven, CT. "Every night, settling in, he grunts. I lie there waiting for him to quiet down. He sighs a long sigh and groans the same predictable words every single night. "Oh, bed, bed, bed, bed, bed. Oh, bed, bed, bed, bed, bed. Oh, bed, bed, bed"-Ellen, Cleveland, OH. Move over Oprah, Cosmopolitan, Dr. Ruth. Forget clich,s about toilet seats and the TV remote. From over 200 frank (and heroic) married women this is the real thing.115,000 copies in print.

I Love Him, But . . .

Jones, Merry Bloch

Literature & Fiction

Workman Publishing Company

It’s like gossip—what woman wouldn’t want to share all those little unexpected and invariably hilarious things men do that drive them crazy? Here, from hundreds of women (first names only, please), comes one juicy detail after the next, and it’s far beyond who left the toilet seat up: “He used coupons to pay for our anniversary dinner.” —Dolly, New York, NY “Every night, settling in, he grunts. I lie there waiting for him to quiet down. He sighs a long sigh and groans the same words every single night: ‘Oh, bed, bed, bed, bed, bed. Oh, bed, bed, bed, bed, bed. Oh, bed, bed, bed . . .’”—Ellen, Cleveland, OH Now, reissued with a fresh new cover that will heighten its appeal as the perfect impulse gift for any woman with a man in her life.

I Love Him, But...

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

The Nanny Murders: Library Edition

Blackstone Pub

The Nanny Murders

Relates the stories of less-than-perfect dates experienced by nearly 400 people of varying ages, races, religions, and professions

America's Dumbest Dates: Over 500 Tales of Fumbled Flirtations

Parenting & Relationships

ANDREWS MCMEEL PUB.

Birthmothers: Women Who Have Relinquished Babies for Adoption Tell Their Stories

Seventy women share their feelings on what it was like to give up their child for adoption, and discuss the discovery of pregnancy, childbirth, raising subsequent children, and being found by the grown adopted child

Adoption

Chicago Review Pr

Each year hundreds of thousands of women surrender babies for adoption and become "birthmothers." In this book, we hear from more than seventy of them, women who differ from one another in age, background, and personality but have in common the dramatic experience of giving birth to a baby and relinquishing that child for adoption. These heart-wrenching stories will inform, fascinate, and deeply affect not only those who have participated in the adoption triangle of birthparent, adoptive parent, and adopted child, but also anyone interested in motherhood, the family, and what being a woman in our society can entail.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Based on interviews with fifty-two stepmothers, a guide to surviving in this often uncomfortable role discusses the realities of changes in routines and lifestyles, territorial squabbles, co-parenting, and much more.

Stepmothers: Keeping It Together With Your Husband and His Kids

Schiller, Jo Ann

Birch Lane Pr

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I Love Him, But . . .

I Love Him, But...

The Nanny Murders: Library Edition

The Nanny Murders

America's Dumbest Dates: Over 500 Tales of Fumbled Flirtations

Birthmothers: Women Who Have Relinquished Babies for Adoption Tell Their Stories

Birthmothers: Women Who Have Relinquished Babies for Adoption Tell Their Stories

Stepmothers: Keeping It Together With Your Husband and His Kids