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YOU HAVE TO KISS
A LOT OF FROGS
The Frogs are Back. Kissing and Screaming. If it gets too wet in the dating pond, grab a towel.
Praise for You Have to Kiss a Lot of Frogs:
"I never knew bad dates could be so good."
-- Kelly Ripa
"We're rooting for her to find everything she's been missing-which turns out to be less than she imagines."
-- Daily News
"A provocative and intelligent look at the ways that people search for a meaningful life."
-- Publisher's Weekly
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NO KIDDING:
Women Writers on Bypassing Parenthood
This fascinating collection features a star-studded group of contributors -- including Margaret Cho, Wendy Liebman, Laurie Graff, and other accomplished, funny women -- writing about why they opted out of motherhood.
Praise for NO KIDDING:
"No Kidding is funny. I laughed out loud, but I knew with Henriette, there'd be more to it than just laughs. Choosing not to have children is unfathomable to me, making this book all the more fascinating."
-- Rosie O'Donnell
"The No Kidding essays made me laugh, made me cry, made me wanna give my kid back."
-- Teri Garr
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THE SHIKSA SYNDROME
Do Shiksas Have More Fun? Only A Jewish Girl Knows For Sure!
Manhattan publicist Aimee Albert knows a good spin, and sets her world reeling when she pretends she's not Jewish to catch a Jewish guy!
Praise for The Shiksa Syndrome:
"Graff's prose crackles with winning wit..."
-- Publisher's Weekly
"Graff's latest is by turns funny and poignant..."
-- Booklist
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YOU HAVE TO KISS A LOT OF FROGS
The chick-lit hit, You Have To Kiss A Lot Of Frogs, spans fifteen years of bad dates
in the life of single, Jewish actress, Karrie Kline, taking place in New York and Los Angeles.
Praise for You Have To Kiss A Lot Of Frogs:
"I never knew bad dates could be so good."
-- Kelly Ripa
"Loved the book."
-- New York Times bestselling author and actress Fran Drescher
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A Red Dress Ink Bestseller!
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LOOKING FOR MR.GOODFROG
In Looking For Mr.Goodfrog, Karrie, Kline, an enterprising actress,
turns her dating stories into a successful one-woman show. But has her quest to
put her bad-date karma to good use turned her into a dating pariah? Find out in
this sequel to You Have To Kiss A Lot Of Frogs.
Praise for Looking For Mr.Goodfrog:
"This book's hilarious! I can so totally relate!"
-- Liz Tuccillo, writer He's Just Not That Into You and
Sex and the City
"Navigating the cyber pond with Karrie Kline while Looking For Mr.Goodfrog
leaves one laughing on the outside while your heart is breaking on the inside!
I found it ribbiting."
-- Actress Jami Gertz
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SCENES FROM A HOLIDAY
Three women. Three holidays. Three stories.
In Graff's, The Eight Dates Of Hanukkah, a blow to the head puts singles events
planner Nicki Heller in a Hanukkoma! Trapped in the unconscious world of
Menoravhille, she celebrates Hanukkah on an endless loop, with a date from hell
for each night.
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IT'S A WONDERFUL LIE: 26 TRUTHS ABOUT LIFE IN YOUR TWENTIES
Five Big Lies. Twenty-Six Bigger Truths.
In Graff's essay, Knot Tied Up in a Bow, Laurie Graff looks at the men in her life and concludes a hugely
important twenty-something lesson:that life is continually evolving, and that the search for self rarely culminates
in a tidy, perfect bow.
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Check out the NO KIDDING website, read about it in the SF Chronicle and come to May 23 Book Party at the Strand!
Contributing Columnist in 
Check out: Complaint Box | Misnomers Run Amok...
and the Follow-Up story too! |
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• Be a Shiksa Goddess! RAMY Beauty Therapy has created the perfect pink lipstick just for THE SHIKSA SYNDROME: www.ramy.com |
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So much to read, so little time! The Jewish Book NETWORK: www.jewishbookcouncil.org
Like to Listen? THE SHIKSA SYNDROME is now available as an audiobook from blackstoneaudio.com
Still timely! LIVE ALONE AND LIKE IT: The Classic Guide for the Single Woman. Graff's preface opens this book whose original printing was in 1936!
Listen to Laurie! Daytona, FL radio interview. The Sixties Show(WHOG)
And... On the Web! Graff has recorded LOOKING FOR MR. GOODFROG! Audible.com.
You Oughta Be in Pictures! Dutch filmmaker Dree Andrea's documentary,
Mr. Right,
a documentary about NY Singles,
features FROGS and Graff, who plays herself.
Screened at the LA Femme Film
Festival and the Madrid Film Festival, the
film is now in playing in cinemas throughout Holland. For more info,
please go here: HERE.
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Abroad? GOODFROG and FROGS are available in Australia!
FROGS is also translated into Italian and Dutch.
Having made a nice splash generating terrific sales and media attention,
YOU HAVE TO KISS A LOT FROGS has received a second printing, and is now available
in mass-market as well as trade.
Laurie is featured on the homepage of The Daily Beast reviewing HBO's True Blood.
Casting Call! Audition monologues written by Graff are included in THE BEST MEN?S
STAGE MONOLOGUES OF 1999 and NEW MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN BY WOMEN.
Great Gift Ideas! These books can be a fun favor for Bachelorette Parties, Singles Events,
or your very own not so Lonely Hearts Club!
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Copyright © 2004 - Laurie Graff.
All rights reserved.
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