The Child Within Has Been Awakened but the Old Lady on the Outside Just Collapsed: A Cathy Collection: Volume 15

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"Cathy Guisewite draws for every woman besieged by the colliding demands of bosses, boyfriends (or their lack), and a mother who longingly brandishes a copy of Brides Magazine." Life

Distaff women across America look in the mirror every dayand see CATHY! Cartoonist Cathy Guisewite, it seems, has been peeking at our daily feats and foibles, and the result is the eminently recognizable, career woman who tackles everything strewn in her path with realism and aplomband a sense of humor we all wish we had!

Cathy's battles are familiar: Happily embarking on a new diet plan, she goes to the video store to rent Fat Busters, Butt Busters, Abs of Steel, Buns of Steel, Lean Legs and Buns, Trim Tummy and Thighs, Thighs, Tums and Bumsand runs into erstwhile boyfriend Irving. She tries, once and for all, to organize her office, finally answering the letter that's at the bottom of the stack: "Dear Mr. Cooper, Your letter of two years ago has been designated an historic landmark." Her sweet bespectacled mom interrupts Cathy during a frantic day at work, knowing full well that "For every perfectly timed annoying interruption, there's a half-hour guilt-follow-up call to come."

Cathy's life is filled with other characters who keep her hopping, shopping, and mopping: her faithful puppy Electra; her newlywed co-worker Charlene; Andrea, her upwardly mobile friend, mother of Zenith and Gus and now a permanent temp in Cathy's office; and Cathy's boss Mr. Pinkley. Together, they fill Cathy's life with challenges, changes, and choicesin a consistently amusing series.

Cathy Guisewite is a seriously funny cartoonist whose strip has won numerous awards. Cathy Guisewite says she draws herselfbut fans personally relate to her ability to juggle life's challenges with style and wit.

Author Bio

Cathy Guisewite is the creator of the Cathy comic strip which ran daily in nearly 1,400 newspapers from 1976 to 2010. Launched when there were almost no female voices on the comic pages, the strip became a deeply personal touchstone for women wrestling with a changing world. The strip earned Guisewite the National Cartoonist Society Reuben Award in 1992, an Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program for the TV special Cathy in 1987, and the high honor of having her work displayed on the fronts of refrigerators across the land, right next to the food.