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Loading... Crazy Aunt Purl's Drunk, Divorced, and Covered in Cat Hair: The True-Life…by Laurie Perry
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  WifeMomKnitter | Oct 8, 2009 |  The book title pretty much says it all. How anyone can make such an entertaining book out of such a bleak period in her life is beyond me. I laughed, I cried and now I am going to knit the shawl. (  ) glitrbug | Aug 29, 2009 | Like many in the knitting community, I've been a long-time reader (lurker) of the Crazy Aunt Purl blog. There's just something genuine about Laurie; she'll talk about anything, and she tells it like it is. She's not afraid to talk about embarrassing situations at work or, as in the book, something as personal as her divorce. She's willing to admit that the breakup of her marriage blindsided her and sent her into a depression. But this book is about hope and recovery and becoming independent and finding strength within yourself that you didn't know was there until you had to use it. She was a mess (literally) after the divorce (as anyone in her position would've been), but it became a learning experience. It wasn't long before she was traveling overseas with friends (and later solo) and spilling her heart out to hundreds of readers on the Internet. The fact that she was offered a book deal shows you that something horrible can become one of the best things that ever happened to you. Her inspirational story is better than the free knitting patterns, though those are a plus! It just goes to show you that what doesn't kill you makes your stronger and how any situation can produce something good. ( ) annaeccentric | Jul 15, 2009 | mortaine | Jul 12, 2009 | Laurie Perry's site, Crazy Aunt Purl, was one of the first blogs I read on a regular basis. I was there from the beginning. I watched her learn how to knit, mourn her divorce, make toys for her cats, drown her sorrows in wine, start dating again, and finally find joy and happiness in her life. That's what this book is about: one woman who bounces back from a major life upset by using humor and knitting. Perry is sweet, funny, and real. She has loads of Southern charm, is a born storyteller, and has a great personality. She made me laugh many times and I really enjoyed this cute book. (  ) unmainstreammom | Mar 10, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0757305911, Paperback)If you've ever been dumped, duped, or three minutes from crazy, you'll love Crazy Aunt Purl. Side-splittingly funny and profoundly moving, Drunk, Divorced, and Covered in Cat Hair is the true-life misadventures of Laurie Perry, aka Crazy Aunt Purl, a slightly neurotic, displaced Southerner trying to create a new life after her husband leaves her to 'get his creativity back.' (Whatever that means.) But will she get her groove back in a tiny rented apartment, with a mountain of boxes, visible panty lines, and a slight wine-and-Cheetos problem? "Dating has changed in a decade. Now there is a higher chance of meeting someone who has an internet porn addiction than someone who has a job. In Los Angeles, your dinner companion might have served time in Pelican Bay or run a meth lab. Or, worst of all, he might spend all night talking about his agent, his craft, and what it means to grow as an actor. Then he'll ask you to read his screenplay." (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:13 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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The book provided a lot of the backstory from some of the posts on the blog and was a very interesting book. (