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In We Hope You Like this Song, Bree tells the story of how she kept Shelly's memory alive by spending a year living life the way Shelly would have-spontaneous, wild, and always to the fullest. Whether
Heart-breaking but still laugh-out-loud funny, We Hope You Like This Song reminds us that friendship has the power to transform our lives-even after death.01 Prologue: When Bree Met Shelly 111 1
511 2 A Week to Remember 1011 3 Going Back to Childhood 2111 4 Giving and Taking 2911 5 Flowers from Gaylord Bea
As an award-winning advertising copywriter, Bree Housley has mastered “the voice” of moms, kids, dads, and dudes in order to sell products ranging from Pepsi to mustache wax. She has also had the pleasure of writing ad campaigns featuring some of the most quick-witted ladies in showbiz, including Amy Sedaris and Rachael Harris.
Housley always knew she had a passion for entertaining others through the written word, so after graduating with a degree in advertising at Iowa State University in Ames, she traded in her snowsuit for 0 SPF suntan lotion and attended the widely respected advertising industry darling, Miami Ad School, in Florida. At MAS, she learned to write snappy TV, print, radio, and web ads for a broad audience. She also dabbled in stand-up comedy and realized that stories of her small-town childhood made people laugh. A lot.
Along with her sister, Courtnee, Housley wrote a successful blog, Fifty2Resolutions, to document their goal of accomplishing 52 resolutions in 52 weeks. The first week Fifty2Resolutions hit the web, it was ranked number 55 on Wordpress's top 100 growing blogs of the day.
Today, Housley lives in Chicago with her husband, Eric. After a decade of crafting product-focused copy, she is thrilled to write in her own voice about a subject that means the world to her.
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7 Small-town Heart 6211 8 Dre
7611 9 Call Me
8811 10 Our Songs 10111 11
For Keeps? 11211 12 Mov
12411 13 Keep Dream
13511 14 Thirty 14711 1
Road Troppin' 16111 16
"She Didn't Make It." 1
17 We're All
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Wedding Week! 196
19 Let's Not Forget About
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Epilogue: Where Are They Now? 2
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Anonymous
Posted April 6, 2013
This book makes you appreciate all you have and inspires you to do more with it. Life is so unpredictable and Bree Housley shows this through her life with her late best friend Shelly. It's funny, quirky, sad and honest. Call your best friends, family etc immediately after you finish this book.
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Posted January 12, 2013
Such a great story to help us remember what's truly important in life. A mostly lighthearted path of honoring the life of her late BFF. Definitely worth the read!
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.Sweet, sad and so funny! Bree decides to make a "New Year's" resolution per week in honor of Shelly, who was outgoing and crazy fun. She does some normal things like watch musicals and have game night, but also wears weird clothes from the back of her closet and eats things like beef tongue tacos. The book is not really about the resolutions, but how they change Bree, help her heal, and bring back lots of memories of Shelly. The writing is hilarious, bringing a light-hearted touch to the serious subject of grief. Bree was a shy, nerdy child, but she's been influenced by her social butterfly friend. Expect drinking, swearing (the f-word) and mild mention of sex and personal body parts. Most of all expect to have fun reading this. Readers will gain a greater appreciation for their time on this earth and for their friends and family. And discover the World's Largest Truck Stop.
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Posted December 17, 2012
Great Reminder for everyone to not take friendships or life for granted, and also that when you may think you are the only one out there that feels this way, there are others just like you! I had a hard time putting this book down until it was done, and when I did read the last page, I felt the need to "get intouch" with the friendships that have been left back in the past. Everybody moves on to bigger and better things, but there is nothing better than the friendships that you form when younger and and the friends that will be there for you forever, thru thick and thin! I would give 12 Gold Stars to this book if BN would let me. Prepare yourself to laugh, cry and scream all at the same time and also to reach out to that long lost friend that you haven't seen or heard from in awhile.
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In We Hope You Like this Song, Bree tells the story of how she kept Shelly's memory alive by spending a year living life the way Shelly would have-spontaneous, wild, and always to the fullest. Whether
Heart-breaking but still laugh-out-loud funny, We Hope You Like This Song reminds us that friendship has the power to transform our lives-even after death.01 Prologue: When Bree Met Shelly 111 1
511 2 A Week to ...