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Ditched by Dr. Right
And Other Distress Signals from the Edge of Polite Society
by Elizabeth Warner
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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Villard (July 26 2005)
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Chapter 1: Carbon Dating : Part 1
In witty slice-of-life vignettes and laugh-out-loud cultural riffs, Elizabeth Warner shares her divinely demented view of the world. Raised by a mild-mannered psychiatrist father and a slightly off-kilter mother, Warner opted out of the life

Chapter 1: Carbon Dating : Part 2
I was genuinely enjoying a kind of secular rot in New York City. But in a good way. The kind of spiritual decay that's actually quite comforting, particularly when it's complained about in smart, buzzy bistros brought to you by the colors taupe and veldt.

Chapter 1: Carbon Dating : Part 3
Junk mail is one of civilization's great gifts. It's a necessary evil for a number of reasons. One, it allows people to live reasonably comfortably in antiseptic midtown-Manhattan co-ops. Two, it saves companies millions, because when they only want



Book Description

In witty slice-of-life vignettes and laugh-out-loud cultural riffs, Elizabeth Warner shares her divinely demented view of the world. Raised by a mild-mannered psychiatrist father and a slightly off-kilter mother, Warner opted out of the life that awaited the youth of WASP heaven (aka Philadelphia's Main Line)-that is, to be "typically weaned, whelped, and privately schooled, whereupon you move on to the roost-and-spawn phase."

Yet no matter how far afield she ventures-to New York to become a master junk-mail marketer or to L.A. to do a little acting-Warner can't help but feel that sometimes she's getting nowhere fast on "some kind of Protestant monorail to doom."

Whether she's spelling out the invisible word "help" on a guy's shoulder blades during unfulfilling sex, getting out of jury duty by smearing herself with soy sauce, or convincing her mother that the words "career girl" are not her death knell, Warner proves that sometimes it doesn't matter where you go in life-just as long as you've got a killer punch line.

About the Author

Elizabeth Warner

Elizabeth Warner is a writer and actress whose one-woman show, The Wandering Eye, premiered at HBO's Aspen Comedy Festival. She has read her work on NPR and written for several network game shows, and particularly keen viewers can spot her in a few films. Elizabeth lives in Los Angeles but, no fool, maintains a home in New York as well..

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