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	• Crazy Aunt Purl's Drunk, Divorced, and Covered in Cat Hair: The True-Life Misadventures of a 30-Something Who ... Laurie Perry HCI, 2007 - 284 pages average customer review:based on 35 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Love it!

The only thing better than CrazyAunt Purl online is having her on your bedstand to pick up whenever you please. This book is a must for anyone who's suffered a divorce or knits or has cats or just loves reading Laurie. Or even none of the above. It's a great book. Way to go, Laurie.

You are so not alone!

This book is great. It is side-splittingly funny in parts and tear-jerkingly sad in others. It's one woman's story of coming to grips with the end of a marriage and the beginning of a new life. If you've ever gone through the loss of a relationship, if you love cats, if you love knitting, or if you just think you're the only awkward feeling person on the planet, you'll love this book. The chapters are short and bite-sized, but they're addictive like potato chips. You just keep reading because it's so good and then you want more when it's done. You find you are not alone if you've ever thought you had no clue how to get back into dating again because everything's changed and now you have to text message. You'll find your faith in humanity is renewed a bit. You'll find that change can be good and life after a relationship can actually be really good even if it's nothing like you thought your life would turn out. In this day of negativity in so much of our news and entertainment, this is a positive spin on reality. It will make you feel really good. Hopefully, we'll see more by this author in the future.

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Need a good laugh? Then read this super story.

Laurie Perry, now best known in knitting circles as "Crazy Aunt Purl," did not set out to become a blogging superstar. After the introverted Southerner was transplanted with her husband to L.A., she was stunned when said husband coolly informed her that he was leaving "to get his creativity back." Left alone with four cats and a penchant for wine as comfort food, Perry quickly finds herself "three minutes from crazy" and grudgingly agrees to join a friend at a knitting class. There she discovers a new best friend-knitting can always be fixed, it helps you keep busy and find your own creativity, and it's not about to leave you.

As Perry slowly sticks her head out into the world, she finds solace with her new knitting friends and begins to blog about her adventures with a distinctive self-deprecating humor. She quickly gained a loyal following who shared her joys, sorrows, dating mishaps and knitting adventures. Her stories are ones which everyone can relate to and readers love her trademark writing style - her voice just leaps off the computer screen and she immediately feels like a long-lost best friend (as evidenced by the 1700 condolence messages left on her blog after the death of her beloved cat Roy).

This book is much more than simply a self-help book about life after divorce or about learning to knit. Perry has penned a book about heartache and self-discovery and each reader will find something here to relate to. You will laugh, cry and moan along with Perry as she conquers her wine and Cheetos problem, heads out on her first post-divorce date and discovers that life does go on after "he splits."

Armchair Interviews says: A good book for any woman who needs to care about another's story-and who needs to laugh.

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Drunk, Divorced and Covered in Cat Hair

Lauri Perry writes about the first year after her husband leaves with her usual humor, but also with great perception and poignancy. This book is not about her cats nor knitting (though there are patterns included), it is about her survival and growth during this traumatic year. It is very insightful and touching. This is an easy, casual read, but with surprising depth.

I laughed so hard, I snorted!

I absolutely devoured this book. Reading it is like listening to a good friend tell you their story (okay, a slightly crazy friend!) Laurie has a way of writing that is utterly engaging, and her words will ring true to any woman who has ever had her heart broken, or has eaten (or drank) her way out of misery. You can't help but root for her all the way through. I read the chapter about "Robert" while getting my hair cut, and literally laughed out loud. I had to promise to loan the book to my hairdresser! I loved it, and I don't even knit!!

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