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Marrying George Clooney: Confessions from a Midlife Crisis |  | Author: Amy Ferris
Publisher: Seal Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 9335
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 304
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 1580052975
Dewey Decimal Number: 814.6
EAN: 9781580052979
ASIN: 1580052975
Publication Date: September 1, 2009
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While wide awake in the middle of the night (welcome to menopause!), Amy Ferris began chronicling every one of her funny, sad, hysterical, down and dirty, and raw to the bones stories. Along with fantasizing about marrying George Clooney, Ferris is faced with a plethora of other insomnia-induced thoughts and activities. From googling old boyfriends to researching obscure and fatal diseases on the web; from scouting five-star spa destinations to having angry, bitter, e-mail exchanges with her brother. She worries endlessly about her husband, relies heavily on Ambien, and tries to arrange care via the Internet for her mother (who has both severe dementia and a massive love-bubble crush on Jesus Christ)—all while refraining from lighting up just one more cigarette. Marrying George Clooney explores a range of emotions experienced through this life-altering period. In this candid look at "the change," Ferris offers a humorous spin on a not-so-funny topic.
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 Absolutely could relate! January 28, 2010
A reader (Norman, Ok USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I absolutely could relate to most of the stuff Amy wrote about! It was hilarious and made me feel "more normal." Googling old boyfriends, how did she know we do that?
I wish they were all this good! January 26, 2010
A Very Merry Shakespeare (NY, NY)
It's all in the delivery. That's how I feel about this absolutely outrageously perfect book. Yes, I said perfect. Because the beauty of each and every chapter is literally in the imperfections that life throws at us every day. Is a midlife crisis a mixture of tears, humor, pain, and hilarity? You bet it is. At least, it is through this author's eyes.
Erma Bombeck, I still believe, did this best. She told the truth. Not since the death of Ms. Bombeck have I read an author who could literally "nail it"...until now. In this fantastic book, Ms. Ferris offers up, without apology, everything she feels, sees, and does during this most frustrating part of a woman's life. Yes, the inevitable Menopause. The writing is raw and sweet, as she delights the reader with paragraph after paragraph detailing her 3:00 AM experiences. I haven't gone through Menopause yet, but I, too, have wavered between jumping off a bridge in order to end all the stupidity surrounding me, or pushing someone I love in front of a car. With every troubling thought that rushes through the female mind, the most frequent conclusion that we arrive at is that someone's life has to end.
I want to share a couple of revelations that hit me right between the eyes. The author wrote that it was her obligation and responsibility to acknowledge and hold dear the privilege of her own life. I have to say...Bingo! Yachtzee! She called 'Midlife' a reinvention of the wheel. And I learned a great deal. So much so, that I will keep this book on my bedside table when 'Midlife' hits, so I can always know that someone else once felt as bad as I will.
The author talks about her father, who died far too soon. That, unfortunately, is something I do share with her. She also speaks volumes in very small paragraphs about her mother - a wonderfully brilliant woman who, unfortunately didn't really like kids but had them anyway - who is now suffering from Alzheimer's. This, thankfully, is something I do not share with the author. But her words brought tears to my ears when she wrote candidly about the regret and resentment that beam from her mother's eyes. She also asked a question that really struck home for me...How do you retire from writing? Can you just log off one day and say "I'm done?" I hope not. Without that release, the power and freedom of imagination that can appear on a blank page, I think I'd cash it ALL in and call it a day. Even though the author admits to having writers block for four years, she still continued on and has produced a sweet, satisfying, hysterical book.
I want to do this author and this book justice. So I'm going to do something she asks in her pages. Early on in the book, Ms. Ferris writes that she wants readers to find their view...tell their story. So...I will. And I'm going to pick one of my favorites that comes from motherhood: One day the television was on. My daughter was about five years old at the time. A commercial came on and, unbeknown to me, my child found it fascinating. After it was over, she ran into the kitchen and asked me what reptile dysfunction was? I responded so fast..."Well, honey, it's an alligator with a limp."
I want to thank the author for her honesty - brutal - which I truly enjoy, her sense of humor, and the power behind her messages - good and bad. She wants us to laugh until we cry, and sometimes cry until we laugh. Get mad, get mean, get even...live life. Ms. Ferris, I'm probably the only one out of the two of us who's extremely happy that you went through Menopause.
Amy Lignor, Reviewer
Delightfully truthful and witty December 25, 2009
S. Embry
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Marrying George Clooney: Confessions from a Midlife Crisis" is a delightfully funny, truthful book on topics facing many women today. Amy Ferris was raised in a different part of the country and within a different culture than I; however, after reading her book I feel as if we could be related. Amy handles the challenges of being 50+, conflicts with a sibling, and her mother's debilitating dementia disease with heart-felt honesty and witty candor. Marrying George Clooney is an easy read, a gift I gave myself this morning while cuddled under a warm blanket. Give it a read today!
A fun adventure of what many women face on a day to day basis December 14, 2009
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
Womanhood can turn out to be unbelievably stressful. "Marrying George Clooney: Confessions from a Midlife Crisis" is a memoir by Amy Ferris. She tells of trying to juggle elements of her life ranging from the material to the fantastical, as she tries to care for her mother, confront her own feelings about menopause and non-existent marriages, and resist panicking about her own health. A fun adventure of what many women face on a day to day basis, "Marrying George Clooney" is a fine and recommended read for any woman who can find the time to read.
Passion, personified November 13, 2009
R. Jacoby (Santa Monica, CA.)
Written with passion, clarity, and economy of word, I finished this remarkable book in one sitting. Filled with deep perceptions, a comparison with the holiest of works is well within range, the way Amy Ferris expresses at least a thousand insights, or so it seems, all eloquent: calling cards for living in an otherwise complicated world...
More so, and lovely for this writer, is her ability to sweeten such songs, sans seriousness, and in turn, assure a sense of calm and silence. Twin sisters of wisdom, calm and silence, each awesome, needed, but nearly impossible for even the best of writers to express.
That Amy Ferris is able to do this, seemingly without effort, is an astonishing accomplishment, and nothing short of a grand hallelujah is in order for a work that celebrates the innermost workings of the human heart...
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