A collection of more than 100 of bombecks most popular newspaper columns during her long career she produced 4,500 pieces, ranging from those published in the 1960s, when bombeck first darted out from behind the drier to explain where the other sock went, to columns written shortly before her death earlier this year. February 21, 1927 april 22, 1996 was an american humorist who achieved great popularity for her newspaper column that described suburban home life from the mid1960s until the late 1990s. When she began writing her regular newspaper column in 1965, erma bombecks goal was to make housewives laugh. More information about this seller contact this seller 4. Erma bombecks own aversion to producing books of column collections over the years made the family and publisher of the hardcover forever, erma. Ten of her books, including forever, erma, appeared on the new york times bestseller list.
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