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Hats and Eyeglasses : A Family Love Affair with Gambling by Martha Frankel (200…
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Specificaties
- Objectstaat
- Subjects
- Leisure, Hobbies & Lifestyle
- Type
- Memoirs
- Special Attributes
- Dust Jacket
- Regional Cuisine
- American
- ISBN
- 9781585425587
- Book Title
- Hats and Eyeglasses : a Family Love Affair with Gambling
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Games & Activities, Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Women, Card Games / Poker, Personal Memoirs, Gambling / General (See Also Self-Help / Compulsive Behavior / Gambling)
- Item Weight
- 12.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.8 in
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1585425583
ISBN-13
9781585425587
eBay Product ID (ePID)
61649273
Product Key Features
Book Title
Hats and Eyeglasses : a Family Love Affair with Gambling
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Women, Card Games / Poker, Personal Memoirs, Gambling / General (See Also Self-Help / Compulsive Behavior / Gambling)
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Games & Activities, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
12.5 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-044949
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
[This] Honest, funny betting memoir rises to the top... Frankel’s lively storytelling allows her to turn her own crapola into a winner.” —USA Today "In five minutes you will feel not only as if you have known [Martha] all your life, but as if you still have one of her sweaters." —The New York Times Intimate, exuberant” —O, The Oprah Magazine Sparse and honest writing” —The Associated Press Fast-paced and amazingly funny” —New Orleans Times-Picayune [A] frank and unaffected memoir” —Publishers Weekly Fearless… powerful, even uplifting and funny.” —The New York Post "Fun and full of life. I've known Martha Frankel for twenty years and Hats & Eyeglasseswas still surprising. A wonderful book." -Jane Smiley, author of Ten Days in the Hillsand A Year at the Races "A bluntly honest memoir of gambling addiction-harrowing, funny, and compulsively readable, straight through to the end." -John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Eviland The City of Falling Angels "Hats & Eyeglassesis a hamische tour de force. With a warm voice and a light touch, Martha Frankel's account of growing up with gambling pays off, big-time. My bet is on her as she both enshrines and kicks her compulsion. Entertaining and enlightening, this is a must for memoir addicts, and a fine debut for the author." -Laura Shaine Cunningham, author of Sleeping Arrangementsand Beautiful Bodies, "Fun and full of life. I've known Martha Frankel for twenty years and "Hats & Eyeglasses" was still surprising. A wonderful book." -Jane Smiley, author of "Ten Days in the Hills" and "A Year at the Races" "A bluntly honest memoir of gambling addiction-harrowing, funny, and compulsively readable, straight through to the end." -John Berendt, author of "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" and "The City of Falling Angels" ""Hats & Eyeglasses" is a hamische tour de force. With a warm voice and a light touch, Martha Frankel's account of growing up with gambling pays off, big-time. My bet is on her as she both enshrines and kicks her compulsion. Entertaining and enlightening, this is a must for memoir addicts, and a fine debut for the author." -Laura Shaine Cunningham, author of "Sleeping Arrangements" and "Beautiful Bodies", “[This] Honest, funny betting memoir rises to the top... Frankel’s lively storytelling allows her to turn her own crapola into a winner.â€� — USA Today "In five minutes you will feel not only as if you have known [Martha] all your life, but as if you still have one of her sweaters." — The New York Times “Intimate, exuberantâ€� — O, The Oprah Magazine “Sparse and honest writingâ€� — The Associated Press “Fast-paced and amazingly funnyâ€� — New Orleans Times-Picayune “[A] frank and unaffected memoirâ€� — Publishers Weekly “Fearless& powerful, even uplifting and funny.â€� — The New York Post "Fun and full of life. I've known Martha Frankel for twenty years and Hats & Eyeglasses was still surprising. A wonderful book." -Jane Smiley, author of Ten Days in the Hills and A Year at the Races "A bluntly honest memoir of gambling addiction-harrowing, funny, and compulsively readable, straight through to the end."-John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and The City of Falling Angels " Hats & Eyeglasses is a hamische tour de force. With a warm voice and a light touch, Martha Frankel's account of growing up with gambling pays off, big- time. My bet is on her as she both enshrines and kicks her compulsion. Entertaining and enlightening, this is a must for memoir addicts, and a fine debut for the author."-Laura Shaine Cunningham, author of Sleeping Arrangements and Beautiful Bodies, "Fun and full of life. I've known Martha Frankel for twenty years and Hats & Eyeglasseswas still surprising. A wonderful book." -Jane Smiley, author of Ten Days in the Hillsand A Year at the Races "A bluntly honest memoir of gambling addiction-harrowing, funny, and compulsively readable, straight through to the end." -John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Eviland The City of Falling Angels "Hats & Eyeglassesis a hamische tour de force. With a warm voice and a light touch, Martha Frankel's account of growing up with gambling pays off, big-time. My bet is on her as she both enshrines and kicks her compulsion. Entertaining and enlightening, this is a must for memoir addicts, and a fine debut for the author." -Laura Shaine Cunningham, author of Sleeping Arrangementsand Beautiful Bodies
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
363.4/2092 B
Grade To
UP
Synopsis
A gloriously written memoir of growing up in a family of hard-core gamblers-Martha Frankel thought the gambling gene had passed her by, until she found herself addicted to online poker and knee-deep in debt. Most weekends when Martha Frankel was a kid, her mother had a mah-jongg game going in the kitchen with her girlfriends while their husbands were in the living room playing poker. Once Frankel reached adulthood, however, while her cousins were making their way in the world as bookies and drug dealers, gambling didn't much factor into her life. In the tradition of "Five-Finger Discount" by Helene Stapinski and "Dry" by Augusten Burroughs, "Hats & Eyeglasses" traces Frankel's love affair with poker. It was a passion that bit her in her mid-forties and remained harmless enough when she stuck to real cards. But everything changed one evening in 1998 in Atlantic City, when Frankel overheard one dealer bemoan the fact that his tips that evening were going to be small what with the meager crowd assembled. Another dealer mentioned that everyone must be playing online-"Why leave the house when you can play in your pajamas?" the dealer said. "Why indeed?" thought Frankel, who couldn't wait to get back to her computer. The next morning she took a deep breath, typed in her credit card number, and entered the world of online gambling. It was the beginning of what one of her uncles called "hats and eyeglasses," a term used to describe those times when you're losing so bad you're drowning (so all one can see is the poker player's hat and eyeglasses floating on the surface of the water). By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Hats & Eyeglasses is a tale of passion, addiction-and those times in lifewhen we almost lose our shirt., In her gloriously written memoir of growing up in a family of hard-core gamblers, Frankel thought the gambling gene had passed her by, until she found herself addicted to online poker and knee-deep in debt., Midnight in Savannah...It's a city of beauty, history...hauntings. And one of the most haunted places in Savannah is a tavern called The Dragonslayer, built in the 1750s. The current owner, Gus Anderson, is a descendant of the original innkeeper and his pirate brother, Blue.Gus summons his granddaughter, Abigail, home from Virginia, where she's studying at the FBI Academy. When she arrives, she's devastated to find him dead. Murdered. But Abby soon learns that Gus isn't the only one to meet a brutal and untimely end; there've been at least two other victims. Then Captain Blue Anderson starts making ghostly appearances, and the FBI's paranormal investigation unit, the Krewe of Hunters, sends in Agent Malachi Gordon.Abby and Malachi have a similar ability to connect with the dead...and a similar stubbornness. Sparks immediately begin to fly -- sparks of attraction and discord. But as the death toll rises, they have to trust each other or they, too, might find themselves among the dead haunting old Savannah!
LC Classification Number
HV6710.3.F73 2008
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