Quirky Essays for Quirky People

Everyday mishaps become material for Barbara Venkataraman's humorous essays. This complete collection brings together A Trip to the Hardware Store & Other Calamities, I'm Not Talking About You, Of Course, and additional essays, including A Smidge Of Crazy. Home repairs, awkward dinner parties, unusual jobs, irritating advertisements and the mysteries of spare keys all receive attention. Moving from small domestic frustrations to the habits people rarely stop to examine, the pieces find comedy in ordinary experiences and the peculiar ways people respond to them.