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Real Life - Real Laughs:
Humor When You Need It Most
Cate Burns’ thirty-eight non-fiction stories of heartfelt humor explore society’s foibles and personal snafus with insightful zingers that will delight readers. Burns casts an unstinting, cock-eyed look at personal change, friendship, sanity and courage.
"Absolutely LOVE the descriptions in this work. Very, very, very clever and, dare I say it? -unique. This is refreshing, funny, inventive and delightful."
-Sharon Whitehill, Ph. D.
Several years ago, I decided to explore the happy side of life, while seeking deeper truths--or not," says Burns. "I wanted to see what humor could show me. At times I was inspired by the thought of a pagan Anne Lamotte or David Sedaris on estrogen."
Cate Burns salutes the absurd and quirky in life with non-fiction stories of heartfelt humor. Her writing honors (or defames) the lineage in her maternal family that dates to the Scottish poet Robert Burns. She has won numerous first place writing awards, including the London Book Festival, Lorrin Tarr Gill National Writing Competition, Amsterdam Book Festival, Paris Book Festival, and Women’s Voices Festival, Honolulu.
Family Gatherings
Family get-togethers can be an out-of-body experience. I know these folks so well, my sense of observation seems to range around the room like an inquisitive drone. Uncle Jeb’s loud voice means he’s drinking too much and we should be alert for belligerence. Aunt Jen’s low moan is the first sign of a sobbing fit to come. In the past, I’ve…READ MORE
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