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Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman Hardcover – 24 November 2009

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A hilarious collection of stories from the life of the New York Times bestselling author of Look Again

At last, together in one collection, are Lisa Scottolines wildly popular Philadelphia Inquirer columns. In her column, Lisa lets her hair down, roots and all, to show the humorous side of life from a womans perspective. The Sunday column debuted in 2007 and on the day it started, Lisa wrote, I write novels, so I usually have 100,000 words to tell a story. In a column theres only 700 words. I can barely say hello in 700 words. Im Italian. The column gained momentum and popularity. Word of mouth spread, and readers demanded a collection. Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog is that collection. Seventy vignettes. Vintage Scottoline.

In this collection, youll laugh about:

Being caught braless in the emergency room

Betty and Veronicas Life Lessons for Girls

A mans most important body part

Interrupting as an art form

A religion men and women can worship

Real estate ads as porn

Spanx are public enemy number one

And so much more about life, love, family, pets, and the pursuit of jeans that actually fit!

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Publisher : St Martins Pr (24 November 2009)
Language : English
Hardcover : 286 pages
ISBN-10 : 0312587481
ISBN-13 : 978-0312587482
Dimensions : 15.27 x 2.78 x 20.42 cm

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Lisa Scottoline is the New York Times bestselling author of novels including Look Again, Lady Killer, Think Twice, Save Me and Everywhere That Mary Went. She also writes a weekly column, Chick Wit, with her daughter Francesca Serritella, for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The columns have been collected in My Nest Isnt Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space. She has won an Edgar® Award and Cosmopolitan magazines Fun Fearless Fiction Award, and she is the president of Mystery Writers of America. She teaches a course on justice and fiction at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, her alma mater. She lives in the Philadelphia area.

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GiGi

Hilarious

Reviewed in India on 27 March 2017

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The funniest book I ever read. Couldn't stop laughing and I didn't want the book to end

Victoria Herbert

Why my 3rd husband

Reviewed in Canada on 16 January 2014

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The book is somewhat entertaining but not what expected. I do not appreciate being told how many words I must write.

Carole Wooten

Brought me to tears and made me laugh

Reviewed in the United States on 29 April 2015

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3.5 Stars!

I have enjoyed Lisa Scottoline's writing for quite some time. I would have to say that I became a pretty big fan of hers when I went to an author event at my local library when she was touring for Look Again. I couldn't believe how much fun I had listening to her. She was funny and she threw snack cakes at the audience which is always a plus. I went home that night with a huge grin on my face, a snack cake to devour later on, and a brand new tote bag that she gave me for buying several of her novels. I don't really know what I waited until now to read this book since I know how funny she can be.

Just a couple of weeks ago, Lisa made a return visit to my town to promote her new book Every Fifteen Minutes. This event was just as much fun as the first. There weren't any snack cakes this time...but there was wine and cheese so I don't think any missed the snack cakes. I spent some time talking to other fans at the event and learned that Lisa actually narrates the audiobooks for her humorous books. I had just finished an audiobook so I downloaded this book and started listening right away.

This is a compilation of articles, some of which I think I may have read before when they were originally published in a newspaper column. Some of the stories were laugh out loud funny. Some made me chuckle just a little bit. One story actually made me cry which is crazy. I hardly ever cry and especially not on my way to work over an audiobook. I was really very impressed that this book was able to bring out so much emotion. I am amazed by how much I could relate to Lisa Scottoline and in many ways her story felt like some of my own.

I liked the fact that this book was really 90 different stories. Yes, there were 90 chapters in my audiobook and each chapter was a completely different story. You learned a lot about many of the people in the book and the stories did build upon that knowledge but any of the stories could be listened to independently without any problem. This was a perfect set up for me because I work just a few miles from my house so I could listen to a couple of stories in the car on the way to work and not worry about stopping in the middle of a chapter. I even listened to it when my family was in the car and felt no embarrassment. My daughter was embarrassed but I had no problems and I even caught my husband and daughter laughing a couple of times.

The narration was perfect. I wish that she would narrate all of her books because she is a fabulous narrator. Her daughter even authored and narrated a few of the chapters and it was nice to hear her perspective. Generally, I have found that authors can be the best narrators because they know how they envisioned the story be told. This book is really Lisa Scottoline's life told through stories and I can't think of anyone else I would have wanted as a narrator.

I would recommend this book to others. I know that my mother will love this book and I plan to help her get it on her kindle the next time I see her. I will definitely be reading more from Lisa Scottoline in the future.

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Just plain hilarious, and even your husband might think it was funny.

Reviewed in the United States on 15 November 2018

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This is still one of my favorite books. I originally bought it about 15 years ago, lost it, and just bought it again. It is a collection of short, often-hilarious, essays. They are each about 3 pages and just right for bedtime reading to put you to sleep in a very good mood. I'd recommend against reading too many chapters in a row--sort of takes the fun away. This definitely isn't a novel or novella. It's for short bouts of reading, not a deep dive. I've been giving this as a gift to very good friends.

Holly

What a wonderful collection of stories

Reviewed in the United States on 19 February 2010

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For years my book group exchanged gifts at Christmas time. As we have gotten older and our desires for "things" fewer, we have adjusted that a bit and now each of us selects a book and buys copies of that book for the other members. Those become the monthly book selections at the beginning of the coming year. For Christmas 2009, this is the book I selected and purchased for my friends.

I have just finished reading it and it was with a sigh of relief that I didn't pick a stinker (we have had a few of those over the years and certain people are still teased about their awful selections - the pressure can really be "on").

Lisa Scottoline is a 50 something, single woman who is most known for her mystery/thriller novels. This book is a deviation from that and holds a collection of newspaper columns she wrote about life, family and friendships. Each "chapter" is short comprising one column and written independently of the others. There is some overlap and re-occurring themes, but each one stands alone. I would actually recommend reading this in chunks rather than sitting down and reading the whole thing at once - it lends itself to that format and I think the reader will appreciate each piece more if digested in small bites.

While there is humor in here, there are also points of reflection and introspection that go deeper rather than anything for a laugh. I really appreciated the love she shares regarding her family. The stories of Mother Mary are handled so well - she isn't unrealistically presented as perfect, but the reader is shown her flaws with love. Even the ex-husbands are not skewered but are referred to in a vague enough way as to be largely gentle with them. Some stories are hilarious, some are sad and some cause the reader to pause and take a moment for introspection - very, very good.

I truly enjoyed this read and I am keeping my fingers crossed that I do as well in my selection for next year!

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