erma bombeck

     

Erma Louise Bombeck (February 21, 1927 – April 22, 1996), born Erma Fiste, was an American humorist who achieve great popularity for a newspaper column that depicted suburban home life humorously, in the second half of the 20th century. Bombeck also published 15 books, most of which became best-sellers.

Trivia about erma bombeck

  • Her "Aunt Erma's Cope Book" was the bestselling nonfiction book of 1979
  • This columnist who wrote "If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?" died in 1996
  • This columnist taped her own book "Family - The Ties That Bind...And Gag!"
  • Author, columnist, & TV wit who said, "Housework, if you do it right, can kill you"
  • Life was "A Bowl of Cherries" for this Dayton-born author, who also penned a column called "At Wit's End"
  • Her popular newspaper columns & books celebrated the trials & tribulations of housewives
  • She wrote the "At Wit's End" column & advised, "Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died"