Encyclopaedia of an Ordinary Life

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What can you say about an ordinary life Well, quite a lot actually. Most of us live them, complain about them, worry, laugh and cry about them. IN a world saturated with stories of the extraordinary lives we aren't living, Amy Krouse Rosenthal's Encyclopaedia of an Ordinary Life is a delightful celebration of the just plain ordinary, in all its glory. ANXIOUS, THINGS THAT MAKE ME Tran Schedules (. . . even after I've confirmed there's an 8.06, I'll pull the crinkly little schedule out of my bag and check one more time. And then, as the final coup de grace, I'll turn to some guy waiting on the platform and ask, 'You're waiting for the 8.06, right'). . . BROTHER My brother, who grew up with three sisters, was I won't say how many years old when he finally realised that he did not have to wrap a towel around his chest when he came out of the shower. OPINION, FRAGILE FOUNDATION OF STRONG The two people laughing and drinking and carrying on at the next table are annoying, stupid, childishly conspiring, and clearly beneath you, until they invite you over to join them.

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"* '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"

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Amy Krouse Rosenthal writes books both for adults and children. 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.