Dear Pussycat: MASH Notes and Missives from the Desk of Cosmopolitan's Legendary Editor

by Helen Gurley Brown

Book Overview

Dear Pussycat: Some of us find it easier to say in a letter whatever it is we want to express -- love, rage, outrage, affection, resentment, enthusiasm, a request to do a chore -- than we do person to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312317573
• ISBN13: 9780312317577
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

An inspirational book

It was very refreshing to read HGB's letters and her approach to many situations. For those of you who are intimidated to write notes or want to write to someone of star status, you may find this book will encourage you to put pen to paper. And for those Cosmo readers out there, you will gain more insights into the great HGB.

For real

Being the proud recipient of several letters from Helen Gurley Brown myself, I can testify this is how she really writes letters to everyone, not just the rich and famous. I'm everyone, not rich, not famous. HGB's defining quality is her sheer enjoyment of life, of people, of being part of the daily drama/comedy/tragedy. She's also shiningly intelligent, highly creative and nobody's fool. I found the review comment about her sense of self-importance interesting because, in the letters she's sent to me, the sense is just the opposite. She's just one person responding to another in the most friendly, generous and genuine way. Few celebrities of her stature write anyone about anything; she not only writes but most personably and personally. I find it interesting that as she grows older she looks better, not worse. I think the secret there is that joy of life oozing to the surface. It can't be bought or faked. She's got it.