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Falling in Love with His Family--One Passive-Aggressive, Over-Indulgent, Grandkkid-Craving, Streisand-Loving, Bible-Thumping in-Law at a Time
Holt Paperbacks
July 2007
On Sale: June 26, 2007
240 pages
ISBN: 0805082794
EAN: 9780805082791
Paperback
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Girlfriends, fiances, and wives rejoice! Here, at last, is a book you can turn to in times of stress, panic, and family vacations to the smallest cottage ever built on the island of Nantucket. Mirroring the natural progression of a relationship and incorporating interviews from women just like you, this hilarious, savvy guide will help you survive your first meeting with future in-laws, from the holidays, weddings, and new babies, to the day they retire to the house next door because its a great real estate investment. Discover a wide array of sanity-retention techniques and tips on scoring major points with each and every in-law. Learn how to sweet-talk his sister, mollify his mother, and defuse potentially explosive situationslike when your pumpkin pie gives Nana a bad case of hives. Stories range from the tragic my father-in-law just pinched my ass and not in that sportsmanship kind of way, to the triumphant Im now CEO of my grandfather-in-laws cement companyThanks Pupup! Offering handy translation charts with curse words in Persian and compliments in Cantonese, a list of gifts and how to interpret their hidden meaning, tips for reclaiming the holidays one Bastille Day at a time, and your very own set of Mother-in-Law MadLibs, I Heart My In-laws embodies the old saying, Its funny because its true.
 Media BuzzToday - November 21, 2007
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