Cover of Aunt Erma's Cope Book

Aunt Erma's Cope Book

"Her audience is everyone who has ever married, had children, gotten to middle age, owned a dog or a duck."

DALLAS TIMES HERALD

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In this book Erma comes out—out of the kitchen—with these gems:

No longer will she be the only woman on the block to wear a slip under a see-through sweater, or feel guilty if the sun sets on an empty crockpot, nor will she care that she flunked her paper towel test. Our Erma is on her way to becoming a sub-total woman.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 224 pages

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