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First edition. |
| Description |
xii, 203 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
My husband snores and yours will too -- An email to our cat sitter -- What's in the box? -- The best part of a wedding is the worst part of a wedding -- Matters of the heart -- We are not that couple -- A woman under the influence of Joan Collins's Dynasty -- Married... with plants -- Slumber party side effects may include... -- How to keep house -- How to collect art -- Teacher's pet -- May I hold your grudge for you? -- How to talk about touchy subjects -- Hang-ups -- The bright side -- Permanent vacation plans -- Obituary of a first kiss - Contract for a happy marriage. |
| Summary |
"Welcome to the Coral Lounge, a room in Helen Ellis's New York City apartment painted such an exuberant shade of Sherman Williams that a peeping Tom once left a sticky note with the doorman asking for the color. It is in the Coral Lounge that the magic of Helen's marriage unfolds: Shindigs where strangers swap clothing in the powder room, a party game called "What's in the box?" makes its uproarious debut, the Puzzle Posse pounces on a 500-piece jigsaw of a beheaded priest. Then, when the pandemic shuts down the city, the Coral Lounge becomes a place of refuge, where Helen and her husband eat take-out while sitting on the floor like toddlers, dragging French fries through a ketchup swamp, where they sing to the two enormous cats who chew on Helen's hair while she sleeps, and where they while away the hours with Mexican Viagra and the ensuing neck injury. In these surprising, romantic, sexy, and hilariously frank essays Helen Ellis paints a portrait of true romance for our times"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Ellis, Helen.
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Marriage -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Couples -- New York (State) -- New York.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
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Ellis, Helen. (OCoLC)fst00433984
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Couples. (OCoLC)fst00881567
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Marriage. (OCoLC)fst01010443
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New York (State) -- New York.
(OCoLC)fst01204333
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| Genre/Form |
Essays.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Ellis, Helen. Kiss me in the Coral Lounge New York : Doubleday, [2023] 9780385548212 (DLC) 2022036862 |
| ISBN |
9780385548205 (hardcover) |
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0385548206 (hardcover) |
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9780385548212 electronic book |
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