When Erma Bombeck died this spring, she left a legacy that few writers could hope to achieve- more than 4,500 columns and twelve best-selling books that deeply touched millions of readers and fans.

A collection of humorous sketches that focus on contemporary suburban life.

Collection of humorous essays on the similarities between humans and animals, discovering that the odd habits of the animal kingdom are strikingly similar to our own.

Erma Bombeck's hilarious guide to using self-help books to prosper ormore likelyto perish As far as Erma can tell, her life is going well. Her children speak to her, her husband smiles at her, and she's capable of looking in a mirror without screaming. But her friends know better. No matter how happy Erma thinks she is, she's in need of help, and the only way to fulfillment is a ten-foot stack of self-improvement books. From Sensual Needlepoint to...

Tells story about kids surviving cancer, sparkling with innocence and glistening with hope.

Presents an American family with love, perception, and irreverence.

The grass is always green over the septic tank, If life is a bowl of cherries-what am I doing in the pits?, Aunt Erma's cope book, motherhood: the second oldest profession.