Have a Nice Guilt Trip

Have a Nice Guilt Trip (The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman) by Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serratella          Audio Book:  5 hrs, 50 mins.          Paperback Book:  320 pages       

Such funny stories these ladies share about their lives.   It is like being out having cocktails with the girls with everyone sharing hilarious true happenings n their lives.   Lisa tells tales on her body issues, how she sleeps with 5 dogs in her bed every night and her lack of dates (maybe that is why she says) and of course stories on the irrepressible Mother Mary.      Francesa is excited to have discovered a Farmer’s Market in her neighborhood and how her repertoire of unusual fruits and veggies is expanding and how her cooking is improving because of it.    There are tales about her beloved fur baby, Pip and a scary one, too – Francesca’s current boyfriend gave Pip a chicken bone!   Trying to make nice she downplayed it to the guy but inside she was freaking out.  Good news – the vet didn’t find the bone on Pip’s x-ray which Frnacesca had him do twice to be sure it was correct.   Pip lives!    Always delightful hearing the tales these two come up with.    So funny with a touch of nostalgia and melancholy to this book.   Mother Mary turned 90 years old but passed away after the book was written but before Lisa and Francesca had recorded the audio book version, so they were able to share the sad news with their fans in a recorded interview, while continuing to wax nostalgic and sharing the humor in Mother Mary flirting with her doctors all the way to the end.   Good book.    I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves to laugh and to anyone who can laugh with and about those they love.    Another winner by the Mother Daughter writing team.

 - Shirley J.