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Statements: True Tales of Life, Love, and Credit Card Bills
by Amy Borkowsky

Published: 2005-07-26
Hardcover : 208 pages
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She was too busy to keep a diary. Luckily, AmEx kept one for her.

From comedian Amy Borkowsky comes a hilarious collection about how she-quite literally-spent her early years as a single career woman. After digging out several dust-covered boxes from the back of her closet, Amy ...
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(She was too busy to keep a diary. Luckily, AmEx kept one for her.

From comedian Amy Borkowsky comes a hilarious collection about how she-quite literally-spent her early years as a single career woman. After digging out several dust-covered boxes from the back of her closet, Amy discovered twelve years' worth of credit card statements, documenting, in their own way, every significant event in her life. They show that on July 12, 1993, Amy spent $189.12 at Victoria's Secret, and that on July 14 she returned the entire purchase-evidence of a relationship that suddenly unraveled, right before The Lingerie Phase. The $601.76 she spent at Ann Taylor reminds her of her quest to find a suit that would cover not only her torso but also her career-related insecurities, and a $30.25 charge for her first Caller ID box recalls her first fruitless attempts to block out her interfering mother. Every purchase tells a story, and this wickedly funny account relates Amy's search for what every young woman is really shopping for in life: love, success, and independence.

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  "Loved it! Great book"by Rachel H. (see profile) 11/11/08

I absolutely adore this book! It's such a girly book and the stories are so true! I would definitely recommend this book!

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  "did not appeal to me"by margot c. (see profile) 03/14/07

I didn't think the short "skits" presenting the author's life as viewed through a tour of her old credit card statements was very funny or entertaining. I didn't particularly care anything about her or... (read more)

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