Title:
I kid you not! : chronicles of an ordinary family
Author:
Publication Date:
2021
Publication Information:
Halifax, Nova Scotia : Nimbus Publishing Limited, 2021.
Physical Description:
244 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781774710722
Abstract:
"I Kid You Not! is a follow-up to bestselling author Lesley Crewe's first hit column-and-essay collection, Are You Kidding Me?! Here Lesley is hilarious and insightful as ever, giving us her take on everything from hockey to wildlife to the ache of missing our ancestors in ninety essays. She shares details of her proposal for the Mere Mortal Awards (Best Director goes to the "poor, long-suffering volunteer who organizes the parking lot at the Legion during the annual county fair"), whether she's used the pandemic as an opportunity to write more ("Piss off and leave me alone. I have a family-sized bag of M&M's to finish"), and what it's like to live with anxiety ("I'd much rather say I have the collywobbles or jim-jams.") Threaded throughout the book is the thrum of delight and deep love Lesley feels at becoming a grandmother to "baby blueberry" in early 2020. Lesley's columns have brought joy to readers for decades--I Kid You Not! will ensure that joy sustains for decades to come."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Becoming a writer -- My baby blueberry -- 2020 -- Neowise -- Mind your business -- Round island girl -- WHAT?! WHAT?! -- What do i do now? -- Cat or dogs? -- Walking -- Visiting the kids -- This old tree -- Things you should never do with your husband -- Junkie -- Wrap it up! -- Wrap it up, Grandmother edition -- Travelling -- Hands down -- The book signing -- Rocky -- The black thumb of death -- Excitement -- Stylish -- My little apple -- Small changes -- Shame on you -- Sensitive souls -- Road trip -- Recipes -- The prisoner -- Old age -- My stupid pot -- Mothers -- Mani-Pedi -- The movies -- Little sandwiches -- Life is a highway -- Five hundred years -- The trip home -- Laundromat adventures -- I've got a secret -- Keepsakes -- I'm sinking -- Humming and singing -- Hold up -- Hockey game etiquette -- Hide-and -seek -- The heat -- Old cats -- Guilty pleasure -- New vs. old -- Gossip -- Going Gaga -- The lone ranger -- Forest Kindergarten -- Food fight -- Feedback -- I'm beautiful -- A shopping tale -- Anxiety -- Award shows -- What's changed -- Back up -- Shoulda, woulda, coulda -- Crossword puzzles -- Dental woes -- The remote -- Self-help -- Dry eyes -- Fail army -- Failed attempts -- Arguing -- Bird brains -- Bubbles -- Musical chairs -- Parking lot observations -- Peek-a-boo -- Sad notes -- Piano or guitar? -- The walmart shuffle -- Stranger things -- The difference between men and women -- Pictures -- Shoes! -- Time savers --Snippets -- Harmi's first birthday gift -- The light has gone out -- Telling the bees -- The power of family -- Forever -- The spoon stealer -- Nosy parker.
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Language:
English
