Still Hanging in There

By Jan Marshall

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• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: B0015IJE8U
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Pinnacle Books

Customer Reviews

JAN MARSHALL SHOWS LIFE IS REALLY FUNNY!

STILL HANGING IN THERE is the perfect title for this book because it is about hanging in there through all the tribulations in everyday things. If you have ever been in a relationshhip or had kids or attempted to lose weight or wanted to take charge of your life or couldn't find your keys or anything big or small in your daily living, this is the book to read. It is very funny and I enjoyed it and would recommend it.

MOVE OVER BOMBECK, BUCHWALD, DAVE BARRY AND JACK BENNY

I read this book last month and I am still laughing. Jan handles so many subjects including doctors, exercising, not exercising, football reruns, makeup for men, politics, advertising, television, sex and all family matters including dogs and gophers with great humor and philosophy. While I yell at my kids for not doing their homework, she contemplates an excuse note, since she's run out of excuses, claiming that since her little Boris is an alternate astronaut he needs to be alert and not start his homework if there is a chance he would not be on earth to complete it. Of course she does not really let him get away with it. She believes everyone must be responsible for their own lives including the kid who wet his diapers and claimed his daddy did it. She knows he couldn't have since dad works downtown. She declares that while she became a liberated lady and let everyone do "their own thing" her family and the nation started to fall apart. Now that she is back doing what she does best, "Nagging", everything is back on track, She has advice for the lovesick in a chapter called, "HOW TO TELL WHEN IT'S OVER". Here are a few subtle signs there may be trouble brewing, according to Jan: When he joins Parents WITHOUT Partners, If he introduces you as his "former wife" When he advertises on a giant billboard, "I love you Myrna" and your name is not Myrna, If you return home to find him napping with an army buddy and the towels read HIS and HIS, it may be time for a little chat at Starbucks. Good advice. She handles it all with such fun and insight. The problems that usually annoy me, she sees totally differently in an amusing way. It has taught me to approach my life in a lighter manner. How could I not like someone who claims as I do that "Pasta is her life." Among her fantasies: Diving into an Olympic size pool filled with spagetti and eating her way out. She also reveals how she turned flab into dollars. Jan Marshall is a very funny lady. I would absolutely recommend buying this book.