Encyclopedia Of An Ordinary Life

Amy Rosenthal Krouse, Jeff Middleton

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Three Rivers Press
15 March 2006

Biography: literary

A memoir in bite-size chunks from the author of the viral Modern Love column ""You May Want to Marry My Husband.""

"" Rosenthal

shines her generous light of humanity on the seemingly humdrum moments of life and shows how delightfully precious they actually are."" -The Chicago Sun-Times

How do you conjure a life? Give the truest account of what you saw, felt, learned, loved, strived for?

For Amy Krouse Rosenthal, the surprising answer came in the form of an encyclopedia. InEncyclopedia of an Ordinary Lifeshe has ingeniously adapted this centuries-old format for conveying knowledge into a poignant, wise, often funny, fully realized memoir.

Using mostly short entries organized from A to Z, many of which are cross-referenced, Rosenthal captures in wonderful and episodic detail the moments, observations, and emotions that comprise a contemporary life. Start anywhere-preferably at the beginning-and see how one young woman's alphabetized existence can open up and define the world in new and unexpected ways.

An ordinary life, perhaps, but an extraordinary book.

By: Amy Rosenthal Krouse
Illustrated by: Jeff Middleton
Imprint: Three Rivers Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 209mm, Width: 139mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 315g
ISBN: 9781400080465
ISBN 10: 1400080460
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 15 March 2006
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Amy Krouse Rosenthalwas the award-winning author of more than thirty children's books. She also authored two adult books-Encyclopedia of an Ordinary LifeandTextbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Her final essay, ""You May Want to Marry My Husband,"" was published in theNew York TimesModern Love column and quickly went viral. Amy Krouse Rosenthal died ten days after the publication in March 2017.

Reviews for Encyclopedia Of An Ordinary Life

Entries are consistently amusing, revelatory, poetic, or strike that That's exactly how I see/experience it! synapse in the brain...A+. --The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) [Rosenthal] shines her generous light of humanity on the seemingly humdrum moments of life and shows how delightfully precious they actually are...a marvelous memoir. --The Chicago Sun-Times Encyclopedia has miles of pillow book charm...Rosenthal's humor is generous and endearingly scattershot. --The Village Voice Reading it, you get the feeling that not only would you like Amy to be your best friend because she's so thoughtful and endearing but because the most ordinary of moments do not escape her own unique sense of profundity. --The Detroit News The perfect postmodern memoir, collecting the bits and pieces of a so-called average life and filing them into a clever narrative that reveals ordinary is anything but. --Sun-Sentinel (South Florida) -Entries are consistently amusing, revelatory, poetic, or strike that -That's exactly how I see/experience it!- synapse in the brain...A+.- --The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) -[Rosenthal] shines her generous light of humanity on the seemingly humdrum moments of life and shows how delightfully precious they actually are...a marvelous memoir.- --The Chicago Sun-Times -Encyclopedia has miles of pillow book charm...Rosenthal's humor is generous and endearingly scattershot.- --The Village Voice -Reading it, you get the feeling that not only would you like Amy to be your best friend because she's so thoughtful and endearing but because the most ordinary of moments do not escape her own unique sense of profundity.- --The Detroit News-The perfect postmodern memoir, collecting the bits and pieces of a so-called average life and filing them into a clever narrative that reveals -ordinary- is anything but.- --Sun-Sentinel (South Florida) Entries are consistently amusing, revelatory, poetic, or strike that That s exactly how I see/experience it! synapse in the brain A+. The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) [Rosenthal] shines her generous light of humanity on the seemingly humdrum moments of life and shows how delightfully precious they actually are a marvelous memoir. The Chicago Sun-Times Encyclopedia has miles of pillow book charm Rosenthal s humor is generous and endearingly scattershot. The Village Voice Reading it, you get the feeling that not only would you like Amy to be your best friend because she s so thoughtful a nd endearing but because the most ordinary of moments do not escape her own unique sense of profundity. The Detroit News The perfect postmodern memoir, collecting the bits and pieces of a so-called average life and filing them into a clever narrative that reveals ordinary is anything but. Sun-Sentinel (South Florida)