Ditched by Dr. Right: And Other Distress Signals from the Edge of Polite Society

Warner, Elizabeth

ISBN 10: 0812973925 / ISBN 13: 9780812973921

Published by Villard, 2008

About this Item

In a collection of humorous essays, a bicoastal career woman offers a hilarious look at being single in America as she describes being dumped by Dr. Right, the day she and her siblings accidentally busted a prostitution ring, and how she effectively faked mental illness to escape jury duty to keep her job as a witch at "Madison Scare Garden." Original. 15,000 first printing. Former library book. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ditched by Dr. Right: And Other Distress Signals from the Edge of Polite Society
• Publisher: Villard
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0812973925
• ISBN 13: 9780812973921
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Book Type: Ex-Library

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Synopsis

In witty slice-of-life vignettes and laugh-out-loud cultural riffs, Elizabeth Warner shares her divinely demented view of the world. Raised by a mild-mannered psychiatrist father and a slightly off-kilter mother, Warner opted out of the life that awaited the youth of WASP heaven (aka Philadelphia’s Main Line)–that is, to be “typically weaned, whelped, and privately schooled, whereupon you move on to the roost-and-spawn phase.”

Yet no matter how far afield she ventures–to New York to become a master junk-mail marketer or to L.A. to do a little acting–Warner can’t help but feel that sometimes she’s getting nowhere fast on “some kind of Protestant monorail to doom.”

Whether she’s spelling out the invisible word “help” on a guy’s shoulder blades during unfulfilling sex, getting out of jury duty by smearing herself with soy sauce, or convincing her mother that the words “career girl” are not her death knell, Warner proves that sometimes it doesn’t matter where you go in life–just as long as you’ve got a killer punch line.

About the Author

Elizabeth Warner is a writer and actress whose one-woman show, The Wandering Eye, premiered at HBO’s Aspen Comedy Festival. She has read her work on NPR and written for several network game shows, and particularly keen viewers can spot her in a few films. Elizabeth lives in Los Angeles but, no fool, maintains a home in New York as well.