The book of Joan : tales of mirth, mischief, and manipulation
(2015)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
BIOGRAPHY/RIVERS,J

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Biography & Memoir BIOGRAPHY/RIVERS,J Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Crown Archetype, 2015
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION

xi, 284 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781101903827, 1101903821
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Borrowed time -- She works hard for the money -- The need to succeed -- Fly me to the moan -- Sex, lies, and videotape -- Death be not loud -- "here's Johnny...!" -- Truth be told -- Movin' on up! -- Can I take your order, please? -- A sport by any other name -- Fs and Us, Ps and Qs -- The gift of the grab -- Readin', ritin', and 'rithmetic -- Some things never change -- Brains vs. Boobs -- Better living through candy -- Boy meets girl (or whatever) -- Everybody's talking... about everybody else -- "I want to live forever..." -- Just say "yes" -- Speedy Gonzalez -- A house divided -- Mirror, mirror -- Bogey & Bacall -- Lock up your virgins -- The purse -- Dr. Frankenstein and the Red Carpet Monster -- The red carpet means you've made it! -- Know when to fold 'em -- Swag the dog -- Something in the oven -- Too soon? -- I love you... or not -- The loo of love -- From here to maternity -- Begin the BAGuine -- Do you duty(-free shopping) -- A dingo stole my baby -- Murder and mayhem -- Parenting a parent -- Not under my roof -- Forty is the new fifty -- Pillow talk -- I've got a secret -- Customer disservice -- Fifty shades of Cray -- Ivy day -- Speaking of my mother... -- The end

Joan Rivers said some outrageous things to her audiences as a comedian-- and they were nothing compared to what she said and did in private. But her love for her daughter knew no bounds. Now Melissa Rivers shares stories and anecdotes about growing up in the Rosenberg-Rivers household and the woman who raised her