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Encyclopaedia of an Ordinary Life
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
This sparkling gem of a book is a memoir written as an encyclopaedia, documenting a lifetime of collected thoughts, observations and memories, with illustrations.
Amy Krouse Rosenthal's Encyclopaedia of an Ordinary Life is a portrait of a life from A to Z, in which 'A' is for (amongst other things) the book’s author and subject, Amy. It gathers together an informal, apparently random collection of the thoughts, memories, quirks, niggles, people, pets and places that together get straight to the heart of how it feels to live an everyday life. How else could you go from BUTTERSCOTCH, to DISHWASHER, to LACY UNDERWEAR, via a diagram illustrating the possible consequences of INTORDUCING A FRIEND TO A FRIEND.
Amy’s voice is witty, generous and rings absolutely true. In a world saturated with stories of the extraordinary lives we aren’t living, Encyclopaedia is a celebration of the just plain ordinary, in all its glory.
'Amy Krouse Rosenthal is a witty, astute observer of modern life in all its baffling guises... What she says about herself and her life makes you laugh, but also makes you think about your own... Encyclopaedia of an Ordinary Life makes you feel glad to be alive.' Viv Groskop, Sunday Express
About the author
Amy Krouse Rosenthal writes adult and children’s books. Her essays, columns and articles have appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, O: The Oprah Magazine and McSweeneys. She lives in Chicago with her family.
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Jacketed Paperback
Published March 2008
240 pages
ISBN: 978 1 84354 683 2
RRP: £10.99