The Purse-Driven Life: It Really Is All about Me

by Anita Renfroe

This collection of estrogen-driven essays takes a look at a womans mid-life (mid-section, mid-kids, mid-crazy) through a comedic grid. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1576836053
• ISBN13: 9781576836057
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: NavPress Publishing Group
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Full of "Purse-onality"

This is certainly not a "read before bed" book. You'll be laughing so hard, you'll want to call your mother, sister or best friend to share the humorous, laugh-til-you-cry truths throughout the book. You read your own womanly frustrations interpreted from Anita's honest, humorous, and insightful point of view. Women from 20-80 will enjoy Anita's clean comedy. The best part is sharing the laughter with other women in your life(men won't get it). My copy has been passed around the country to mom, grandma, aunts, sisters, in-laws, friends, and friends of friends alike. You'll be sorry when you finish reading, but...good news, she has more outrageous, fabulous books available!

A satchel of sassy wisdom and fun!

Anita is my kind of gal: Life is short, buy the shoes. This book is full of wit and wisdom from one of the most authentic and funny women I've ever met (in an elevator yet). My favorite chapter: Hook a sistah up! All about girlfriends and how we love to think out loud. "They give me gravity," she writes, "because they know my faults, weaknesses, my issues, my stubbornness, and my wierdness." The truest test of friendship is "historical shorthand," how much you don't have to say in order to get an idea across. So true. She reminds us how much we need our gal pals. My only complaint: I'm not one of her Beach Girls. We all need Beach Therapy Weekends where we can be real with each other. It's an essential. This book is all about real life. It's not about your "stuff," or your past, or your fears, not what you've done or not done. It's about being real with Jesus, no matter what. With him we having nothing to prove, nothing to hide. That's real freedom. You'll read this book over and over.

"Let your funny bone stick out"

That's the approach Anita Renfroe takes in The Purse-Driven Life--to take ourselves a little less seriously and the God who created us a little more seriously. I laughed out loud all the way through this fun book that provides hilarious takes on the various much-too-heavy baggage we women can carry--from, yes, our purses to our makeup and more. In the end I was reminded that the "Hot Now" sign is on for me--and not just the Krispy Kreme one. Get several for your purse-driven friends.

A wonderfully funny book

I've always known that Anita Renfroe is a funny lady, but now I know she can be just as funny in writing. The Purse-Driven Life is a hoot. My plane was delayed after getting a copy of this book and thanks to Anita's hysterical observations I didn't mind at all. What I love about this book is that it's proof positive that God not only has a sense of humor but that he also loves for us to use that humor. The Purse-Driven Life is filled with issues that all women can understand. It's also filled with reminders of how much God loves us. I've already recommended this book to lots of ladies when I speak to women's groups and will continue to do so. This is Anita's first book and hopefully the first of many.