2001, Welcome To The Funny Farm The All-True Misadventures of a Woman on the Edge. By Karen S. Linamen

(ISBN: 0739418726 / 0-7394-1872-6)

Book Description: Fleming Revell, Grand Rapids, 2001. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Book Club Edition. 

Book Condition: FINE LIKE NEW.

Dust Jacket Condition: FINE LIKE NEW.

Black cloth boards with gold gilt on spine (see our scans). Hardcover with Dust Jacket. A Crossing Book Club Edition. HUMOR FICTION. 2001 Edition. A Fleming Revell Book. 190 pp 5.75" x 8.5" tall, .75" thick. Very nice clean tight hardback, pages clean and unmarked.

About This Book: What can a woman do for an encore after she backs over her husband’s new laptop with her car?

How long does it take to defrost a turkey with a hair dryer?

What do you say to a house guest who, before going to the bathroom, has to fish two wooden blocks and a set of car keys from your commode?

There is no end to the sources of frustration, challenge, disaster—and humor!—in a woman’s life, and there is no one more skilled at finding the merriment and wisdom in the everyday foibles we all share than Karen Linamen.

Welcome to the Funny Farm guides you on a side-splitting, hopeful, and entertaining tour of the challenges women face—and in true, tongue-in-cheek Linamen style, no topic is off limits! These fifty readings, originally published on the Women of Faith web site (www.women-of-faith.com), cover everything from baby showers to cell phones, holiday frenzy to Hamburger Helper, dumb blonde jokes to well-woman exams.

Karen’s collection of observations will inspire and entertain you (though not necessarily in that order) and ultimately shed light on principles of spiritual wellness and Christian living that will enrich your life as much as her rib-tickling stories will delight your heart.

About The Author: Author of Just Hand Over the Chocolate and No One Will Get Hurt.

Literary Guild has dubbed her “the queen of good humor and common sense” while Publishers Weekly describes her writing as “funny, forthright and unforgettable.”

       Whether addressing audiences from page or platform, Karen Linamen is entertaining, passionate and transparent as she encourages people toward wellness in their relationships, emotions, bodies and spirits.

       A motivational speaker, inspirational speaker and author of humorous self-help books for women, Karen Linamen mixes up a potent blend of laugh-out-loud humor and sage advice. Her enthusiastic theme is "Yes. You can," and she preaches it passionately whether she's talking about renewing joy, pursuing dreams, forgiving, making healthier choices, thriving through stress or living and laughing more boldly than ever before.

Karen has been featured on hundreds of radio and TV shows including  “Family Life Today," “The 700 Club," “Good Day Dallas,” “The PTL Club” and “On Main Street.” She received an Angel Award, and two of her books were finalists for the ECPA Gold Medalion. A former editor with Focus on the  Family, she has produced a TV show for KCBS-TV in Los Angeles, served as Contributing Writer with Today’s Christian Woman Magazine and written a weekly humor column for the Women of Faith website. Karen lives with her family in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Humorous speaker

Karen Linamen serves up a potent blend of laugh-out-loud humor and sage advice. Her enthusiastic motto is "Yes, you can!" and it applies whether she's talking about renewing joy, pursuing dreams, thriving through disappointment or living and laughing more boldly than ever before.