Martha, Really and Cruelly : The Completely Unauthorized Autobiography

by Tom Connor; Jim Downey

• ISBN13: 9780740733208
• ISBN10: 0740733206
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Summary

The team behind the bestselling "Is Martha Stuart Living?" and "Martha Stuart's Better Than You at Entertaining" have written an unauthorized send-up that spoofs her now-postponed autobiography, complete with secrets, confessions, illicit affairs, and embarrassing revelations.

Author Biography

Tom Connor and Jim Downey are the coauthors and coproducers of eight books, including the three Martha parodies, the Smyth & Hawk?em Gardening Catalog, and Zeguts: Ridiculous Restaurants. Connor contributes to Town and Country magazine. Downey is a successful copywriter.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Ancestors	p. 1
Infancy	p. 7
A Birthday Party Turns Ugly	p. 11
Nutley	p. 17
Playing House	p. 23
Our Lady of Suspicious Conception	p. 29
Home Ec	p. 35
Collecting	p. 41
Senior Prom	p. 45
Fruitcakes	p. 51
Modeling	p. 55
Becoming Me	p. 61
Love Life	p. 65
Analysis	p. 69
Poseurs	p. 77
Marriage	p. 81
Wall Street	p. 85
Jurkey Hill	p. 91
Imitation, Irritation, Litigation, Colonic Irrigation	p. 97
Kmartha	p. 103
Favorite Recipes	p. 109
Dating Again	p. 115
I'm Clonic	p. 121
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