Elaine Ambrose
Elaine Ambrose has authored or coauthored ten books, including Menopause Sucks and Midlife Cabernet, and her syndicated blogs are popular on several websites including The Huffington Post and BlogHer.com. She lives in Eagle, Idaho, with her patient husband.
Learn more at www.ElaineAmbrose.com
Books by Elaine Ambrose
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Humorist Elaine Ambrose reveals a new side of her authorial voice with this authentic and emotional personal memoir. As she relates her life growing up in a tense, rival-filled and imperfect family after the passing of her father, she shows how it's possible to overcome these difficulties and still find love and warmth in one's life.
After World War II, the United States innovated and evolved economically in order to rebuild itself, which resulted in great success in new or growing industries. As most families began to enjoy the new pastime of evening television, one of these new industries to emerge was that of the frozen TV dinner. A father and farmer from Wendell, Idaho had the audacity and vision to start his own trucking business and take hold of the opportunity this new product provided, aiming to grow his wealth with the Montana Express - frozen dinner delivery across the 50 states.
Elaine Ambrose, bestselling author and humorist, shows a new side of herself as she details the life she led as this man's daughter, and the struggles her family undertook under the strain of an absent father, and the high tensions and familial rivalries that arose after his untimely death. She hopes to offer hope and inspiration to others who have a marred childhood and contaminated family story, that anyone may grow beyond these painful memories and find success, happiness, and warmth for themselves.
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In the absolutely laugh-out-loud Midlife Happy Hour, Elaine Ambrose responds to a world that increasingly alienates and derogates older people by employing anecdotes to issue a bold and irreverent call to women 50 years and older. She encourages them to reclaim their lives, establish their relevance, and live life to the fullest on their own ...
More than 40 million middle-aged women are tumbling over the hill laughing all the way because the kids are grown, their menstrual periods stopped, and they survived at least four decades of arbitrary rules dictated by a crabby universe. They went to work with varying degrees of success and they brought home the bacon but threw it in the freezer and ordered pizza. Now they're ready to celebrate the freedom of pending retirement because they know it's more fun to laugh hysterically than to stab someone with a fork and deal with the messy court case and inconvenient jail time. With her irreverent kiss-my-attitude, Elaine Ambrose shares her life experiences through a series of amusing anecdotes created to show women over age 50 that life is worth living out loud. Readers will learn how to remain relevant when the world ignores them, why their children are cute but should grow up and move out, how to cope when their aging parents forget their names, and why it's never too late to get serious about a passionate love life. She even throws in a few hints for fabulous fashion and decorating ideas for lazy people. This creative collection of humorous, gluten-free, and non-fattening stories will encourage midlife friends to grab an adult beverage and order two laughs for the price of one as the appropriate reward for surviving careers, kids, and chaos. It's time for Midlife Happy Hour!
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Melody is a ten-year-old girl who loves telling exciting stories, giving big, strong hugs, and playing with her friends. She also has Down syndrome, but she sees that difference as a strength! See what amazing things Melody gets up to when she meets an enchanted bird named JuJu who tells her they can build a magical flying machine together!
Melody is ten years old, and she’s about to finish the fourth grade. She loves her teacher, Miss Brown; she tells the best and tallest tales that anyone has ever heard; and she gives the strongest, warmest hugs in the universe. She also has Down syndrome. Almost everyone is kind to Melody, but there’s one boy in her grade who is a bully to her. He makes fun of her for her stories and her short height. One day, Melody meets an enchanted bird called JuJu under the catalpa tree in her backyard. Together, Melody and Juju plan and create a magical flying machine, complete with dragons to pull it and armor for Melody to wear. Melody soars above houses, playgrounds, and more, waving to the people down below. She stands up to bullies and tells her classmates amazing stories about her adventures. With her wonderful imagination, her friend Juju, and the flying machine, Melody finds her own strength and inspires others to live with compassion and bravery too.