Dear Saint Anne, Send Me a Man: And Other Time-honored Prayers for Love - Hardcover

La Plante, Alice; La Plante, Clare

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789306557 ISBN 13: 9780789306555

Publisher: Universe, 2002

Synopsis

Lovelorn? Don't despair. Just in time for Valentine's Day comes this delightfully whimsical guide to finding love through the aid of the saints, filled with over fifty rituals to remedy a wide range of romantic woes.

The saints have long been asked to intervene on behalf of us mortals. But did you know that there is a special group of saints who specialize in matters of the heart? For the first time, Dear Saint Anne, Send Me a Man offers up a guide to the most potent of these otherworldly matchmakers. From saints who can predict your romantic future to saints who can help you attract and keep a mate, there's a heavenly Dear Abby in here for you:

* Going on a blind date? Meet St. Raphael, your personal dating bodyguard.
* Seeking the crème de la crème of husbands? St. Catherine is a speeding bullet.
* In love with the wrong, or forbidden, person? St. Dwynwen will help, no questions asked.
* Found the right one and want to make it last? St. Monica is your gal.
* Plus: a cake recipe that can bring you visions of true love...help for ugly ducklings, the newly single, and the broken-hearted...a pancake ritual that will make you irresistible...special days for love...and more...

Witty and informative, irresistibly packaged with original four-color illustrations throughout, Dear Saint Anne, Send Me a Man is the perfect gift for Valentine's Day and all the year round.

About this title

About the Author:

Clare La Plante is a writer who lives outside of Chicago. She is an Artist in Residence at Columbia College Chicago.

Alice La Plante is a writer who lives in Palo Alto, California. She teaches creative writing at Stanford University and San Francisco State University.

They are sisters and co-authors of Heaven Help Us: The Worrier's Guide to the Patron Saints.

From Publishers Weekly:

In the catchy title department, there's Dear Saint Anne, Send Me a Man: And Other Time-Honored Prayers for Love, by Alice and Clare LaPlante. The sisters, whose good humor was evident in their previous book, Heaven Help Us: The Worrier's Guide to the Patron Saints, offer amusing tips for the lovelorn. Here's the full text of the Saint Anne prayer: "Dear St. Anne, send me a man. If he lies or if he dies, please, Mary's mother, send me another." Sprinkled throughout such tongue-in-cheek prayers are interesting historical anecdotes about the saints.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Universe
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0789306557
• ISBN 13: 9780789306555
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128