Normal Is Just a Setting on the Dryer: And Other Lessons from the Real Real World

Lara, Adair

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ISBN 10: 0811838242 ISBN 13: 9780811838245

Published by Chronicle Books, 2003

Language: English

Condition: Used - Near fine Soft cover

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Title

Normal Is Just a Setting on the Dryer: And Other Lessons from the Real Real World

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Publication Date

2003

Language

English

ISBN 10

0811838242

ISBN 13

9780811838245

Binding

Soft cover

Illustrator

Bikadoroff, Roxanna

Condition

Near Fine

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159 grams

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We could all use some advice now and then. When the self-help books just aren't helping, it's time to call in the experts: real people. San Francisco Chronicle columnist Adair Lara polled her readers for life lessons learned through experience, receiving thousands of heartfelt and irreverent responses. The best are compiled here in over 200 bits of priceless counsel. With witty illustrations by Roxanna Bikadoroff, this handy little volume is filled with humor, unconventional insights, and the kind of common wisdom that will always bear repeating.

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Adair Lara was a long-time columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle . She has written numerous books about families and friends. She lives in Northern California with her husband.

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