From champagne bottles to baby bottles, this memoirette offers a humorous look at an American mom's decade in Paris. Party girl Vicki moved to the City of Light hoping to drink her fill of wine and fall in love. She accomplished her goal, but not without bumps along the way: romantic encounters gone awry, uniquely French situations threatening her sanity, and two adorable yet energetic kids keeping her on her toes. This memoirette takes you on a journey of the ups and downs of Vicki's life abroad.
There's nothing like manslaughter to put the brakes on a relationship.... Boredom isn't an occupational hazard for Hannah Garvey, the resident manager for Valhalla Springs, an exclusive retirement community in the Missouri Ozarks. In less than twenty-four hours she's survived an assault with a deadly weapon, been caught in a compromising position with Sheriff David Hendrickson and consoled her boss's sixty-seven-year-old mother--who's just been busted for growing marijuana for the members of her bi-weekly bridge club.
There are many more psychopathic personalities living among us than the general public and professionals first supposed. The troublesome brother or sister - the boyfriend or girlfriend we love but are puzz,led by their inconsistant behavior; the teacher, physician or lawyer whose behavior makes us think we are crazy, are among the many. This book puts the victims ( usually family members or their loved ones) in a position of understanding how to deal with the individual who has no conscience and no emotional feelings.
