Revenge of the Jilted Draperies is a potpourri of brief, humorous, or poignant observations by an author with a long history of both comedy and tragedy. Her family's tragedies are captured in her memoir, Higher Than Eagles, and her wry wit shines in A Circus Without Elephants a memoir about life with her six athletic and inventive children. In the tradition of humorist Erma Bombeck, these essays by Maralys Wills often spur laughter,...