Synopses & Reviews
From the bestselling mother/daughter writing duo comes another hilarious collection of essays about motherhood, daughterhood, womanhood, and “does this hood look good on me?”
Love and tomato sauce are thick in the Scottoline/Serritella household, and Lisa and Francescas mother-daughter turned best-friends bond will strike a familiar note to many. But now that Lisa is a suburban empty-nester and Francesca is an independent twenty-something in the big city, they have to learn how to stay close while living apart. How does a mothers love translate across state lines and over any semblance of personal boundaries? Youll laugh out loud as they face-off over the proper technique for packing dishes, the importance of bringing a coat in the summertime, and the dos and donts of dating at any age. Add feisty octogenarian Mother Mary to the mix, and you have a Molotov cocktail of estrogen, opinions, and fun.
Booklist raved that Best Friends, Occasional Enemies was "one big gabfest with your best girlfriends, whatever their age," and now, in Meet Me at the Emotional Baggage Claim, the mother-daughter duo of Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella continue the conversation with more hilarious and honest tales of life inside an ordinary, extraordinary family. These stories will make you laugh, cry, and call your mother, daughter, and all your girlfriends.
Review
“What makes this third collection of the authors ‘Chick Wit columns so much fun is hearing them read it themselves. Lisa Scottolines smart-alecky delivery supports her wisecracking style of introspection and self-deprecating humor… [Francescas] energy is high and her observations are spot-on.” - AudioFile Magazine
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Praise for Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella "Readers can count on an ab-toning laugh session, a silly giggle, a sympathetic sigh, and a lump in the throat as lifes moments are rehashed through the keen eyes and wits of this lovable mother-daughter duo." —
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Meet Me at Emotional Baggage Claim"Essays that are fun to read, share, and ponder." —Publishers Weekly on Meet Me at Emotional Baggage Claim"Despite all the "emotional baggage" they carry (and fearlessly claim), however, their faith in and commitment to each other remains unshaken because, writes Scottoline, "that's love"...Erma Bombeck for mothers and daughters, with a zesty Italian twist." —Kirkus Reviews on Meet Me at Emotional Baggage Claim"Feels like one big gabfest with your best girlfriends, whatever their age." —Booklist on Best Friends, Occasional Enemies "[A] witty and sweet return to the ins and outs of life in the sometimes kooky, always smart and funny, family."
—Publishers Weekly on Best Friends, Occasional Enemies "A clever compilation from two generations of women reflecting on family, love, dessert, and everything in between."—Booklist on My Nest Isnt Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space "Rueful, uplifting, sweet, kooky—and always amusing."
—Publishers Weekly on My Nest Isnt Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space "Delightfully witty." —AudioFile on My Nest Isn't Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space "One of the best double acts in the business." —Connecticut Post on My Nest Isn't Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space "Shrewd, tart, sensitive and hard to resist." —Kirkus Reviews on Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog"The perfect present for moms, grandmas, and aunts." —Cosmopolitan on Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog
"Scottoline savors every last bit of her life, and so will you." People on Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog
Synopsis
“A warm, lively collection of narrative vignettes chronicling the day-to-day relationship of two women who also happen to be part of a successful mother-daughter writing team.” —
Kirkus ReviewsLove and guilt are thick in the Scottoline/Serritella household, and Lisa and Francescas mother-daughter-turned-best-friends bond will strike a familiar note to many. But now that Lisa is a suburban empty-nester and Francesca is an independent twenty-something in the big city, they have to learn how to stay close while living apart. How does a mothers love translate across state lines and over any semblance of personal boundaries? Youll laugh out loud as they face-off over the proper technique for packing dishes, the importance of bringing a coat in the summertime, and the dos and donts of dating at any age. Add feisty octogenarian Mother Mary to the mix, and you have a Molotov cocktail of estrogen, opinions, and fun.
The stories in Meet Me at Emotional Baggage Claim will make you laugh, cry, and call your mother, daughter, and all your girlfriends.
About the Author
LISA SCOTTOLINE is a
New York Times bestselling and Edgar-Award winning author of twenty-one novels. She has served as the president of Mystery Writers of America, and her recent novel
Look Again has been optioned for a feature film. She is a weekly columnist for
The Philadelphia Inquirer, and her columns have been collected in four books and optioned for television. She has
25 million copies of her books in print in the United States, and she has been published in thirty countries. She lives in Philadelphia with an array of disobedient pets.
FRANCESCA SCOTTOLINE SERRITELLA graduated cum laude from Harvard University, where she won the Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize, the Le Baron Russell Briggs Fiction Prize, and the Charles Edmund Horman Prize for her creative writing. She is working on a novel, and she lives in New York with only one dog, so far.