Under the Duvet

From the bestselling author of "Sushi for Beginners" and "Angels" comes a collection of personal essays on shopping, writing, moviemaking, motherhood, and all the assorted calamities involved in being a savvy woman in the new millennium.

Introduction	p. xi
Oh, the Glamour
Paperback Writher	p. 3
In the Name of Research--Going Under Cover	p. 10
The Nicest Thing That Ever Happened to Me	p. 18
Planes, Trains and Ought-to-Know-Betters	p. 28
Fear and Loathing in Los Angeles	p. 33
If It's Wednesday, It Must Be Hamburg	p. 38
Given the Boot	p. 46
Mind, Body, Spirit ... and Shoes
Imeldas, and How to Spot Them	p. 55
Does My Base Chakra Look Big in This?	p. 58
Botox and Other Miracles	p. 65
Hope Springs Eternal	p. 72
What Color Is Your Aura?	p. 77
Friends and Family
Till Debt Us Do Part	p. 87
You Can Run but You Can't Hide	p. 93
Bah! Givvus a Humbug	p. 98
Himself Is a Hooligan	p. 103
Push!	p. 108
Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Throw Down Your Hair Dryer!	p. 113
Lucky O'Leary: A Prince Among Dogs	p. 118
Now Is the Time for All Little Brothers to Come to the Aid of the Party	p. 123
All Grown-Up
Ten Housework Laws for Men	p. 131
Gilt Trip	p. 133
The Agony and the Ecstasy, but Mostly the Agony	p. 137
Scarlet Pimpernel Construction	p. 142
Get That Dustbin Out of My Relationship Corner	p. 147
Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Garden	p. 152
Driving Along in My Automobile	p. 157
Reversing Around Corners	p. 162
The Pissed Is a Foreign Country, They Do Things Differently There	p. 168
Twelve Months
Sackcloth, Ashes ... and the Gym	p. 181
Have You the Green Food Coloring?	p. 186
Thanks, Mam	p. 191
Time's Arrow	p. 195
Feeling Sheepish	p. 200
Happy Christmas! Form an Orderly Queue	p. 205
A Quiet Millennium Night In	p. 210
Both Sides of the Irish Sea
Swinging London	p. 219
Do You Know the Bus Stop in Kilkenny?	p. 226
The Early Bird ... Catches the Host on the Hop	p. 231
Psycho Magnet	p. 236
Slacking Off Is Hard to Do	p. 241
Catholicism: Cheaper Than Prozac, but Is It Good for You?	p. 247
That's Me Away!
Beside the Seaside	p. 255
The Lucky Suitcase	p. 260
Passport Out of Here	p. 266
Aerodrama	p. 272
'Nam Flashbacks	p. 277
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