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Lies my mother told me, tall tales from a short woman, Melissa Rivers

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Lies my mother told me

Melissa Rivers

tall tales from a short woman

"'When you're invited to a dinner party, you should always be prepared to with three good stories to tell.' --Joan Rivers. But my mother never said those stories had to be true. In fact, almost none of them were. You see, my mother loved to lie, almost as much as she loved performing, writing, or wearing a Chanel dress once and then returning it for a full discount. But my mom didn't think of them as lies, she thought of them as embellishments or fabrications or 'fudgies.' Whatever. Lies My Mother Told Me is a collection of stories my mother passed off to me as true. Some are preposterous, some are outrageous, some are appalling, but all are funny." --Book jacket

Careless whispers -- Uncle Robert -- Only the lonely -- Working the Strip -- Melving -- Liar: Walt Disney -- White lies matter - The birds and the bees -- Like a virgin -- Joan's favorite "Heidi Abramowitz is a tramp" jokes -- Driving Miss Crazy -- Bad hair day -- Happy holidays! -- You light up my life -- The Garden of Eden -- Wedding bell blues -- The big, bad wolfs -- The last supper -- Empty nest -- Liar: Pinocchio -- Don't "play ball" -- Again, with the sports? -- Anne Frank -- The royal-ish wedding -- Joan's favorite "royal" jokes -- Shalom! -- Tit for tut -- The first Thanksgiving -- No one likes pushy -- True love -- Liar: Aesop -- Till death do us part, sort of -- Liars: the four whoresmen of the apocalypse -- Death be not shrouded -- The less the merrier -- Bright lights and Hollywood! Part 1 -- Bright lights and Hollywood! Part 2 -- Who are you wearing? -- Fake it till you make it -- How to lie in Hollywood -- Drowning in the gene pool

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Tall tales from a short woman