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I've tried being nice : essays / Ann Leary.

Summary:

"Having arrived at a certain age (her prime), Ann Leary casts a wry backward glance at a life spent trying--and often failing--to be nice. With wit and surprising candor, Leary recounts the bedlam of home bat invasions, an obsession with online personality tests, and the mortification of taking ballroom dance lessons with her actor husband. She describes hilarious red-carpet fiascos and other observations from the sidelines of fame, while also touching upon her more poignant struggles with alcoholism, her love for her family, her dogs, and so much more. Prepare to laugh, cry, cringe and revel in the comically relatable chaos of Ann Leary's life as revealed in this delightful collection of essays"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781982120344
ISBN: 1982120347
Physical Description: 228 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
Edition: First Marysue Rucci Books hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Marysue Rucci Books, 2024.
Copyright: ©2024

Content descriptions

General Note:	Some essays published previously in other books and magazines.
Formatted Contents Note:	I've tried being nice -- States of mind -- Coming of age -- Needlers -- Planet Mom -- Batman -- The deep, dark me -- Three-drinks-short -- Old dog, new tricks -- Love means nothing (in tennis) -- The fixer -- Red-carpet diaries -- Empty nest -- Open house -- The greenhouse effect -- Travel travails -- Shall we dance? -- The golden hour -- My life in dogs -- On being nice.