THE WOMEN'S DAILY IRONY SUPPLEMENT

Isn't this such a great title? NZ maritime author and novelist Joan Druett brought it to my attention and a little research shows that it is clearly a winner.

This from her publisher (Creative Minds Press):

Humor Writer Achieves "Athlete's Feat"

Two months before the Summer 2008 Olympics in Beijing, one woman has already scored one bronze, one silver, and one gold medal. Remarkably, she captured these awards without so much as lifting a badminton racket or taking steroids-at least that she knows of.

The unlikely competitor is a 47-year-old Jewish mother, Judy Gruen, whose humor book, The Women's DailyIrony Supplement, has just won one of each kind of medal from the publishing industry.

"I've wrestled Thanksgiving turkeys heavier than Gwyneth Paltrow, and I once bowled an 87 even without the bumpers, so I knew it was only a matter of time before I'd hear my name and the words 'wins the gold' in the samesentence," said Gruen, exuberant. "Naturally I'm thrilled, and particularly grateful that I don't have to stand on a little box wearing Spandex to receive my awards."

Gruen's book captured the Gold in the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards; a Silver in the Independent Publisher Book Awards (the "IPPYs") and a Bronze from the Independent Book Publisher's Association's BenjaminFranklin Awards.

And here are some of the review comments:

"Laugh-out-loud moments... a plus for busy boomer moms who will see a bit of themselves in Gruen’s stories and travails."—ForeWord Magazine

"Any book that can make me laugh at EVERY story deserves a 5-star rating from me."—Armchair Reviews

"Men should read The Women’s Daily Irony Supplement carefully to better understand what their ladies think of them and why!"—Heartland Reviews

[The Women's Daily Irony Supplement] turns the hum-drum into the hilarious. —Reader Views

"Judy Gruen is the only writer who reminds me that marriage is funny. Now when my wife gives me a speech about how I should change at my inner core, instead of having that stupid look on my face that all men have, I remember Part V."—Mark Schiff, author, I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics

"Whether she's poking fun at Martha Stewart, holiday letters or designer purses, Judy Gruen is a genius at finding new and utterly hilarious ways to skewer some of our silliest excesses."—Celia Rivenbark, author, Stop Dressing Your Six Year Old Like a Skank

"Judy’s wonderful new book had me howling with deep belly laughs. Her take on life, from designer handbags to those sickening and overly boastful ‘family and friends’ letters, is priceless. This is a read that will have everyone nodding in knowingness or clutching their stomachs with laughter."—Susan Reinhardt, author, Not Tonight Honey, Wait ‘Til I'm a Size 6

And A quip from the book was featured on 5 million Starbucks cups in 2007!

A copy of The Women's Daily Irony Supplement is on its way to me so I'll have more to say once it is to hand but clearly Gruen (left) is one very funny woman.