You Might As Well Laugh: Surviving the Joys of Parenthood

by Sandi Kahn Shelton

Overview

When it comes to surviving the joys of parenthood, take Sandi Kahn Shelton's advice: You Might As Well Laugh. In this hilarious collection of essays and columns, Shelton offers humor as the best therapy for post-modern parenting. From lost keys and broken appliances to chicken pox and outrageous homework assignments, this working mother of three explores the everyday quirks and joys of fast-paced family life with wit and candor.

Hailed as a young Erma Bombeck, Shelton has a knack for finding the absurd details that can wreak havoc on a household. Her wide-eyed, embracing style has made her the number one humor columnist among working mothers all over the country. Shelton has been writing her "Wit's End" column for Working Mother magazine since 1989 and her weekly column in the New Haven Register since 1987.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012629777
Publisher:	Bancroft Press
Publication date:	04/25/1997
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	284
File size:	384 KB

About the Author

Sandi Kahn Shelton was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. At the age of five, Shelton began her literary career by selling her first story, "The King Who Slept for Three Hours and 45 Seconds," to a neighbor for 20 cents after her mother wouldn't give her money for the ice cream truck. In the mid-60s, when she was 12, the family moved to southern California where Sandi discovered three things: she did not possess the tanning gene, she looked ridiculous in white lipstick, and she could not say the word 'groovy' without laughing out loud.

Still, she managed to attend the University of California at Santa Barbara. After her first child was born, she and her family moved to New Haven, Connecticut, where she received a degree in English and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State College and began working as editor of a weekly newspaper.

Now the mother of three children, she has been writing her weekly humor column for the New Haven Register since 1987 and writing the "Wit's End" column for Working Mother magazine since 1989. She has won numerous journalism awards, including the New England Associated Press's award for Best Local Column in 1993.

She is married to Register reporter Jim Shelton.

Editorial Reviews

"A cheerful, flippant view of family life, with a compassionate undercurrent that gives these observations weight."

Kirkus Reviews

"I’m thankful that this very funny and observant lady is a writer and not a cartoonist!"

Bil Keane, Creator of

"Sandi’s columns lay out the crucible of the work-family conflict: How do you get it all done and where do you find the humor? It’s wonderful how she so often picks out and shares aspects of her family life that readers like me can identify with."

Sue Shellenbarger, Wall Street Journal

"A storyteller with contagious wit, Shelton recounts the compromising moments, fractious scenes and ‘bijantic’ laughs of her adventures in motherhood. For anyone who has been down that road, she is the kind of writer you want to call at the end of the book to say 'Keep in touch.'"

Mary Kay Blakely, Author, American Mom

"One of the most entertaining yet true-to-life books I have ever read."

Louise Bates Ames, Author, series of child development books including Your One-Year-Old: The Fun-Loving, Fussy 12-to-2