"Loose Diamonds - and Other Things I've Lost (and Found) Along the Way" by Amy Ephron William Morrow 166 pages $19.99
There are four Ephron sisters -- Nora, Delia, Amy and Hallie and all are writers to one degree or another. I think Nora is the funniest, but that's just one opinion.
Amy employs what I think of as the Professional Waif style. A Professional Waif would sit in her burning living room, writing a poem extolling the brave firemen with rippling muscles and nerves of steel with no thought of her personal safety, but only the passion to write it down. Yes, well...
"Loose Diamonds" is an account of childhood memories, various husbands (three to date) and former friends. Amusing enough, but no 38 carat diamond.
"Is It Just Me? (Or Is It Nuts Out There?)" by Whoopi Goldberg Hyperion 200 pages $22.99
I think Goldberg decided to out-do Bill Cosby who famously exhorts his brothers and sisters to straighten up and fly right. But instead of limiting herself to just one race, she's after ALL of us. You've been warned and you better take the test included to see if you know how to behave in an airport (don't sass the TSA; they've got The Power) on a plane, in a bar, cell phone abuse and on and on. Re that test, "Thank you for thinking of me, but 'No thanks.'"
"My Fair Lazy" by Jen Lancaster Penguin Books 371 pages $24.95
Lancaster idolizes Candace Bushnell. I think that pretty much says it all. This is a chick light (not lit) book with all of the cliches -- dumb blonde, innocent trouble-maker with a put-upon husband (who just loves her anyhow!) and several dozen BFFs. O the adventures they all have! Not.
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