You May Already Be a Winner: And Other Marginal Considerations

By Jan C. Snow

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873384679
• ISBN13: 9780873384674
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Kent State University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A Hearty Slice of Suburban Americana

Jan C. Snow has done it. She has captured Midwestern humor without sounding hokey, domestic humor without sounding whiney, and American humor without sounding bitter. A bit like Garrison Keillor, Erma Bombeck, and Will Rogers rolled into one. Tackling topics like junk, pocket lint, Easter eggs, and toothpaste, Snow's wry and witty comments are amusing, nostalgic, and even bittersweet. She really shines when talking about holidays, those paradigms of American psychosis and over-exuberance. "The 12 Months of Christmas" is one of the funniest works I've read about the December season. Snow's humor comes from her keen observations of the paradoxical and often bizarre goings-on of everyday suburban life, things that you wouldn't think of off hand, but once mentioned, they become obvious and rather odd. All in all, Snow's collection of essays is well written, engaging, and funny. It is a book that I turn to again and again when I need a good laugh.

This book rules!!!

Ms. Snow has captured the essence of Ohio humor. We are fortunate to live in a time when such brilliance is displayed. Sardonic, sarcastic, cutting edge all rolled into nifty compartments.