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Clothing Optional: Sassy Essays from My First 50 Years | 
 enlarge | Author: Julietta Appleton
Publisher: IUniverse
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 2538207
Media: Paperback
Pages: 148
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.4
ISBN: 0595265286
Dewey Decimal Number: 817
EAN: 9780595265282
ASIN: 0595265286
Publication Date: March 4, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Oy veh! If this book chronicles Julietta's Appleton's first 50 years, one can only imagine the sequel! Julietta's mother died when she was nine. Her father, a blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter, sent his daughter to 17 different schools in the U.S. and Europe, including Catholic boarding schools. Julietta has lived in 36 different homes in 6 different countries, and developed a witty and keen sense of observation along the way. She survived her mother’s peculiar health practices, grooved through the '60s without any permanent damage, raised and sent kids off to college, lived through the detonation of her marriage, and endured life in the suburbs as a single woman. A car accident in 1996 left her with a mild but permanent brain injury and chronic pain. And as if that were not enough, her fiancé of two months died suddenly of a heart attack just as the two were beginning a new life together. And yet, Julietta manages to find humor in everyday life–sex toys, hurricanes, chocolate, dating, and senile dementia are just some of her targets. She is wickedly funny, naughty, and provocative. Clothing Optional will make you laugh through your tears and cry through your laughter.
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Laughed out loud April 2, 2003
ej (NY, NY)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book had me in stitches. I laughed so hard I had tears streaming down my face. (I got many strange looks from my fellow train commuters).If you enjoy real-life stories and love to laugh, you'll enjoy this quick-witted, highly entertaining book. Julietta Appleton has this tremendous ability to capture some serious and /or difficult situations and turn them into hysterical stories. Thanks Julietta.
Brilliant wordsmith who turns the ordinary to extraordinary! April 7, 2003
A. Sears (Los Angeles, CA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Julietta Appleton has done the unthinkable -- she has composed a collection of tales that are endearing, truly touching and sure to make even the bawdiest reader blush! With a great, big heart and razor sharp wit, Appleton is a Dotty Parker sequestered to the suburbs. A little bit city mouse, a little bit country, Appleton is a woman of the world with enough joie de vivre to go around. Lucky for us she is willing to share!
Consult your doc; Firm your abs April 15, 2003
Treacy Colbert (Long Beach, CA USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I had only one problem with Clothing Optional -- my stomach hurt from laughing so much. On the other hand, it does tone up the muscles to laugh that hard, but be sure to check with your doctor if the possibility of splitting your sides poses a hazard for you. This wonderfully intelligent and witty book of essays proves that no matter how much sorrow life puts in front of us, the gift of humor is always a spark of hope. Julietta Appleton's book combines brilliance, irreverence, and a remarkably keen eye for all that makes us human. Read and delight in Clothing Optional yourself; then give a copy to a friend whose life needs a shot of pure joy.
Gorgeous Jules November 27, 2005
10
Julietta Appleton is a brilliant woman, but not as brilliant as she is stunningly beautiful.
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