Someone Will Be with You Shortly: Notes from a Perfectly Imperfect Life
Product Type: Book
Product Price: $19.99
Manufacturer: Harper
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Description
Lisa Kogan is a forty-nine-year-old single woman who maintains that every human being deserves a great mattress, a comfortable pair of shoes, and a very smart shrink, and that no one has grown a decent tomato since 1963. She used to think the world wasn't all that complicated, but along came AIDS and crack and Rush Limbaugh, and she had to think again. Still, she's nostalgic for that time when you had to walk all the way across the room to change channels and there was no such thing as a spy satellite capable of spotting a precancerous mole on her left thigh.
In Someone Will Be with You Shortly, Kogan grapples with issues big (her six-year-old daughter, Julia, and the 8,000 miles that separate them from Julia's father) and small (her recent apartment renovation, which consisted of turning over the sofa cushions and then realizing that they looked better the other way) with the self-deprecating humor and deep appreciation for what really matters that have made her column in O, The Oprah Magazine so beloved. Here is a book for anyone who has ever been unnerved by pleather pants, lunch meat, or ambivalent men (not necessarily in that order), but believes that life is a fragile bit of luck well worth living.
Reviews
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-08-25
Summary: "Laugh Out Loud Funny"
I think I laughed with every line, or at least paragraph. This book is such a hoot! I will be passing in on and on and on....
Lisa, hurry up and pen another.
Rating: 1 / 5
Date: 2010-07-14
Summary: "A collection of random yet meaningless anecdotes."
About halfway through this book I gave up. Braving another chapter of annoyingly trite and cliche anecdotes was too much. I understand her intent to create a light and refreshing viewpoint on motherhood, working women and the timeless battle between the two- but this book lacks any coherent backbone. Like, where's the point? I felt like I was talking on the phone to a 17-year-old girl in high school- just when some meaningful topic surfaces that you can really connect with, Kogan breaks into a giggle and flits off onto another self-indulgent point about herself. In the end, (well- my end, not the end of the book since I didn't make it that far) I feel her writing is much more suited to a 300-word magazine article, as in Oprah's magazine. A book literally stretches her too thin.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-07-06
Summary: "Great read to christen your Kindle"
This was my first Kindle purchase, and Lisa Kogan did not disappoint. I found "Someone will be with you shortly" to be entertaining, smart, witty, light and laugh-out-loud hilarious! Though some may dislike the memoir style of random observations, I felt that I could relate to her voice, and her sense of humor. Please do not overlook this gem!
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-06-15
Summary: "A perfect gift for all your female friends"
Someone Will Be with You Shortly: Notes from a Perfectly Imperfect Life
Lisa Kogen, who brings life to O Magazine in her monthly column, has gathered some vignettes describing her life in the big city.
As the occasionally single mom tries to navigate a demanding career, the pursuit of perfect parenting skills, the illusory quest for a perfect body and perhaps the ability to maintain some of her sanity... you will find yourself TOTALLY identifying with her plight.
Each chapter calls another girlfriend, aunt, mother or cousin to mind as a co-conspirator who just HAS to read this book so you can laugh (and cry) together about it.
When was the last time you laughed out loud and wanted to lock your self in the bathroom for a long well deserved soak, glass of wine and a delicious hardback?
This summer throw the kids outside to play and treat yourself.
You'll have a silly smirk on your face for days afterward...
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-06-07
Summary: "Someone will be with you shortly HILARIOUS ! !"
Oh My God what a fun read . I loved this laugh out loud book. Just one quseton when the sequel comeing out ? I am so glad i baught this book. i laughed till i cryer .