Chicken soup for the soul My wonderful, wacky family : 101 loving stories about our crazy, quirky families

Book - 2022

Everyone thinks their family is wacky--and they wouldn't have it any other way. We've assembled 101 laugh-out-loud stories about bizarre traditions, eccentric relatives, peculiar holiday behavior, hysterically funny incidents, and more. You can't make this stuff up!

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Subjects
Genres
Anecdotes
Published
Cos Cob, CT. : Chicken Soup for the Soul, LLC [2022]
Language
English
Other Authors
Amy Newmark (compiler)
Physical Description
ix, 335 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
ISBN
9781611590975
  • 1. Sometimes You Just Have to Laugh
  • 1. Queen of the Cautionary Tale
  • 2. You're Ruining Your Divorce
  • 3. Hot Pants
  • 4. A Cure for Practical Jokes
  • 5. Sorry for the Inconvenience
  • 6. Sleep Deprivation
  • 7. Trying to Fit In
  • 8. The Fine Art of Curmudgeonry
  • 9. Please, Not Me!
  • 2. Relatively Embarrassing
  • 10. White Elephant Shenanigans
  • 11. Aunt Vee's Hat
  • 12. My Zombie Sister
  • 13. Opera Night at the Movies
  • 14. Free Shipping
  • 15. Night Sounds
  • 16. Christmas Ghosts
  • 17. Salty Mouth, Loving Heart
  • 3. Happily Ever Laughter
  • 18. A Sink Full of Dishes
  • 19. That's Amore
  • 20. Never Come Between a Man and His Underwear
  • 21. The Lumpy, Bumpy Wedding Cake
  • 22. Bedside Blunder
  • 23. Grease Generously
  • 24. In a Pickle
  • 25. The BU Tie
  • 26. For Better or For Worse
  • 4. We're All Nuts Here
  • 27. Pepper Roulette
  • 28. That's Italian!
  • 29. I'm Stuck
  • 30. Psychic Baby Babs
  • 31. The Escape Artist
  • 32. Breakfast with Raphael
  • 33. Buckets of Love
  • 34. Ruffled Feathers
  • 35. How to Catch a Tomato Thief
  • 5. Dad Did What?
  • 36. Mom and the Lawn Tractor
  • 37. The Criminal and The Accomplice
  • 38. Spinner Night
  • 39. Picker Dad
  • 40. The Day the Waterbed Wouldn't Die
  • 41. Fun with a Capital F
  • 42. The Vacation That Never Was
  • 43. Living in the Dark with Dad
  • 44. My Kooky Father
  • 6. Not So Grave
  • 45. I Wouldn't Be Caught Dead in That
  • 46. Ashes, Ashes
  • 47. The Last Laugh
  • 48. First Funeral
  • 49. Tea Mug Memorial
  • 50. A Woman Never Tells Her Age
  • 51. Appreciation for My Skier-in-Law
  • 7. Family Fun
  • 52. Who's Fooling Whom?
  • 53. Life's a Game
  • 54. Kept Under Wraps
  • 55. The King of April Fools
  • 56. The Magical Age of Freedom
  • 57. Winner, Winner, Chili Dinner
  • 58. Freebird
  • 59. Family Reunion Crashers
  • 8. Grand & Great
  • 60. Oh, That Brazilian
  • 61. Ear Potatoes
  • 62. A Sweet Bon Voyage
  • 63. Loons
  • 64. Under Where?
  • 65. One Step Beyond Frugal
  • 66. Sharing a Lap Dance with Grandma
  • 67. Good Girls Get Ice Cream
  • 9. Mom Did What?
  • 68. My Mother the Rabbit
  • 69. A Most Embarrassing Story
  • 70. What Mom Knew
  • 71. Hot Dog Day
  • 72. Moving In
  • 73. Smacking Up the Family Car
  • 74. Ernest
  • 75. Mom's ChapStick
  • 10. In-Laws and Out-Laws
  • 76. Mary Quite Contrary
  • 77. Concert Catastrophe
  • 78. The Day the Bag Rang
  • 79. Oops
  • 80. Frozen in Time
  • 81. Mother(s)-in-Law
  • 82. Stuck
  • 83. Checkpoint
  • 84. Pickle Daze
  • 11. Family Bonding
  • 85. I Hate You, Limburger Cheese
  • 86. My Family Tree Has Split Ends
  • 87. Feeling the Love from Twenty-One Cousins
  • 88. Mom the Magic Dragon
  • 89. The Box
  • 90. Worst Gift Wins
  • 91. Cooking Lessons
  • 92. The Gift of a Towel
  • 93. My Wife's Ex-Husband
  • 12. Kids Will Be Kids
  • 94. The Truck Shirt
  • 95. Underfoot
  • 96. Greetings
  • 97. Out of the Mouths of Babes
  • 98. In a Bind
  • 99. Blueberry Pie
  • 100. Seeing Red
  • 101. A Cup of Tea
  • Meet Our Contributors
  • Meet Amy Newmark
  • Thank You
  • About Chicken Soup for the Soul