Best-selling author of American Housewife and Southern Lady Code is back with a new collection of essays, Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light. Whether she’s playing poker or second fiddle, Ellis proves again she is in it to win it. From being a reluctant hostage at a friend’s back-alley Botox appointment to casual chit-chat about cursed Tory Burch sweaters and Roomba-riding cats, Ellis will have you in stitches. Ellis floats effortlessly between hilarity and wholesomeness while comparing menopause to the psychic in Poltergeist, grading her marriage on participation, and casually revealing the secret ingredient is never love, it's always mayonnaise.
Unpretentious and uplifting, Ellis' essays on female friendship read more like conversations you'd have with your best friend than the diary of a stranger. So, if you’re looking for a new best friend who is classy enough to wear pearls at the poker table and brave enough to visit a crowded water park post-menopause, then look no further. Chips on the table, I'm all in for Ellis. For fans of Nora Ephron and Annabele Gurwitch, alike.
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