"Gina Barreca is very, very funny. For a woman." -- Dave Barry "From spotting chin hairs in a rear-view mirror to finding a bra that never fits, the book is 120-mph humor!" -- Cindy Adams, The New York Post "These eminently readable pieces will have people laughing out loud, then sighing thoughtfully. Many readers, especially women, will enjoy, discuss, and reread this quick, breezy work of commentary, a book that stirs up dust long after its covers are closed." -- Booklist "Barreca is probably the funniest woman writing in America. She does what all great comedians do, latches onto the absurd, looks at it from a number of equally absurd angles and is pretty fearless at making fun of anything, including herself." -- Rita Ciresi, award-winning author of Mother Rocket and Pink Slip "Fans of Nora Ephron's I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman will find humor along with serious insights about women and aging.Between the snappy observations, Barreca takes an opportunity to liken the progression of contemporary feminist thought to a car accident--it's not so much that we're in a backlash as we're in a whiplash.

" -- Publishers Weekly "Barreca. is a brilliant and witty writer." -- Psychology Today "University of Connecticut English Professor Barreca offers feminism for the everywoman in these humorous essays. Expect poignant insights tucked between the laugh lines." -- Ms. Magazine "Some people are funny in an acid-edged cocktail lounge, like Dorothy Parker, in a smoky French cafe, like David Sedaris, or in a crazy English country house, like P.G. Wodehouse.

Gina is funny in your kitchen, in the ladies' room of your favorite restaurant, in the awful dressing room with forty-seven ugly bathing suits around you. Gina Barreca is funny, for real." -- Amy Bloom "This thought-provoking book entertains while it educates and enlightens. Wise women will get what she writes about; wise men would do well to read it, too." -- Hartford Courant "Regina Barreca's prose, in equal measures, is hilarious and humane. Her no-holds-barred observations make me laugh, tear up a little, and nod my head in recognition. A witty paisana , Barreca packs a punch and lays bare our foibles." -- Wally Lamb.