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Everybody into the Pool: True Tales

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Beth Lisick's memoir takes a side-splittingly hilarious look back at her journey from suburban goody two-shoes to San Francisco Alterna-mom.

Beth Lisick was a cheerleader, a homecoming princess, and a star athlete with a Crisco-aided tan and a bad perm. And then everything changed. How exactly did this suburban girl-next-door end up as one of San Francisco's foremost chroniclers of alternative culture, touring as the only straight woman with a band of punk rock lesbian poets and living in illegal warehouses? All while managing to get married, buy a house and have a baby? Lisick explains it all in her hilarious, irreverent memoir, Everybody into the Pool.

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"Lisick offers bright, funny takes on her square upbringing....Exaggeration in the interest of a good story is no sin, and Lisick is above all an accomplished storyteller. Light, flippant and savvy." Kirkus Reviews

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"Readers who like their memoirs with loose ends neatly tied will not necessarily appreciate Lisick's breezy style; a number of one-time references are left unexplained....Still, these stories most definitely entertain." Library Journal

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"Fizzy and delightful... The tales veer from razor sharp to hilarious, and it's a voice — both offbeat and upbeat, wised-up yet curiously wholesome — that you're going to want to hear a lot more of. A." Jennifer Reese, Entertainment Weekly

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Lisick's memoir takes a sidesplittingly hilarious look back at her journey from suburban goody two shoes to San Francisco "Alterna-mom."
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Julia Callahan, January 27, 2008 (view all comments by Julia Callahan)
God I love this book. Beth just says it like no one else can. She's funny, yet so full of humanity it's hard to resist her. This collection of stories about growing up in the Bay Area deserves to be read and cherished multiple times over. No subject is taboo with Beth. Whether talking about infamous ladies lunches or abortion, her prose is razor sharp and right on. She's the kind of author you want to join for a night of drinking.
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ISBN:
9780060778774
Subtitle:
True Tales
Author:
Lisick, Beth
Publisher:
William Morrow
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Women
Subject:
San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject:
Popular Culture - Counter Culture
Subject:
Authors, American
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Copyright:
2005
Edition Description:
Hardcover
Publication Date:
July 1, 2005
Binding:
Hardback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
8 x 6 x 0.85 in 14.24 oz
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"Review" by , "Lisick offers bright, funny takes on her square upbringing....Exaggeration in the interest of a good story is no sin, and Lisick is above all an accomplished storyteller. Light, flippant and savvy."
"Review" by , "Readers who like their memoirs with loose ends neatly tied will not necessarily appreciate Lisick's breezy style; a number of one-time references are left unexplained....Still, these stories most definitely entertain."
"Review" by , "Fizzy and delightful... The tales veer from razor sharp to hilarious, and it's a voice — both offbeat and upbeat, wised-up yet curiously wholesome — that you're going to want to hear a lot more of. A."
"Synopsis" by , Lisick's memoir takes a sidesplittingly hilarious look back at her journey from suburban goody two shoes to San Francisco "Alterna-mom."
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