Alive and Kicking by Michael Graubart Levin.
Ninety-two-year-old, ex-vaudeville star Harry Gaines does not have long to live. At his lawyer's urging he agrees to sign a will, but only if a clause stipulates that his warring relatives get nothing if they cannot get along. Given the chore of drafting and upholding this will is Amelia Vanderbilt, who is at first thrilled with the assignment. But family secrets may stand in her way. RC 37482.

Curing the Cross-Eyed Mule: Appalachian Mountain Humor by Loyal Jones.
Earthy humor on a variety of subjects, such as love and marriage, schools and education, moonshine and other spirits, old age, religion, politicians and lawyers, health and medicine, rural life, and animals. Contains some strong language. RC 32950, BR 8612.

Delusions of Grandma by Carrie Fisher.
Screenwriter Cora recounts the events surrounding the failed relationship that led to her current state of pregnancy. In between hurling humorous one liners at her writing partner, Bud, and keeping up with her many needy friends, Cora meets attorney Ray. Romance blooms but their busy lives do not mesh. Cora spends part of her pregnancy helping her zany mother rescue her grandfather, who is playing solitaire without a full deck. Strong language.. RC 38544.

The Egg and I by Betty Bard MacDonald.
Reminiscences of life on a remote, run-down chicken farm in the Olympic Mountains of Washington state. The author, survivor of an adventurous childhood but still unprepared for the realities of frontier life, keeps her sense of humor amidst the hard work, loneliness, and general denial of the constant struggle to accept her part of the bargain that her marriage requires. RC 37151, BR 2721.

Family: The Ties That Bind… and Gag! by Erma Bombeck.
With poignant observations and wit, Bombeck focuses on the family, a group that she notes shares the same genes and last names, but never seems to agree. She takes a clear eyed look at her grown children, her husband, and even her dog in this rapier sharp collection of essays. RC 26030, BR 7152.

Family Man by Calvin Trillin.
The longtime writer and humorist from the New Yorker reminisces about family life with his wife and two daughters. Trillin remembers the little things that mean a lot, like school plays, and recalls events that made his children the center of his life. RC 48710.

Funny Sauce: Us, the Ex, the Ex’s New Mate, the New Mate’s Ex, and Kids by Delia Ephron.
Comic look at today's American family that focuses on the author's husband, her ex-husband, her ex-husband's new wife, and all their children. This book is for anyone who has ever been married, divorced, remarried, or a stepmother; or for anyone who needs a laugh. Some strong language. RC 25859.

How I Got to Be Perfect by Jean Kerr.
Bright, spry essays on marriage, out-of-town play tryouts, airplane anxieties, and the daily calamities of the children in the humorous author's household. RC 12319.

If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? by Erma Bombeck.
The popular humorist and columnist continues her wry observations of the suburban housewife and mother based on her own experiences. Travel, children, and shopping are a few of the subjects she parodies. RC 11627.

If This Is Mid-Life, Where’s the Crisis? by Sam Cook.
This is a collection of humorous columns from the Duluth News-Tribune by a man in his forties. Cook discusses recent changes in his twenty year marriage to his high school sweetheart. His wife has returned to college for her master's degree and their two young children constantly disrupt the Cooks' routines. The towels they received as wedding gifts are all worn out, but the fondue pots and TV trays are still hanging in there. RC 42121.

Life without George by Irene Kampen.
The misadventures of two suburban divorcees who live in Connecticut with their respective children in the 1950s. They struggle with dating, household chores, parenting, daily crises, and frequent inquires about their marital status. Basis for The Lucy Show that starred Lucille Ball. RC 46000.

Love and Marriage by Bill Cosby.
Cosby, who has been married to his wife, Camille, for 25 years, offers advice and anecdotes on what he has learned about love and marriage. He gives the reader a whimsical tour through the world of romance, from his first boyhood awareness of the foreign sex, to his verbal sparring with friends on who "scored". Later on, he tells his tales about the bliss and battles of married life. RC 30958.

Please Don’t Call Me Collect on Mother’s Day by Mary McBride.
This is a collection of one liners and short monologues about family life by a syndicated columnist and mother of five who has written for Phyllis Diller and Joan Rivers. One of her maxims for mothers is that never having to say you are sorry means you do not have children. RC 21602.

A Southern Belle Primer; or, Why Princess Margaret Will Never Be a Kappa Kappa Gamma by Marliyn Schwartz.
Schwartz, born in Mobile, Alabama, discusses the rules every Southern Belle learns from birth. In the South, where one's roots are everything, a true belle would never think of breaking the code. She would never wear white shoes after Labor Day, never put dark meat in her chicken salad, and never marry a man whose mother owns silver plate, not real silver. RC 34133.

We Are Still Married: Stories and Letters by Garrison Keillor.
This potpourri of stories, letters, and poems by the Lake Wobegone humorist covers love fumbled and recovered; letters from Jack of Jack's Auto Repair, the first sponsor of A Prairie Home Companion; and the perils of fame, death, and the subway. He also talks about the fate of smokers, the pleasure of attending religious services, the baking of his first pie, and other tall tales. RC 29020.

The Year of the Child by Marian Engel.
A comic novel about the miniature universe of an offbeat Toronto street. The star of the cul-de-sac, a warm hearted journalist both widowed and divorced, scratches out a living to feed and clothe an assortment of children, only three of them her own, and an uninvited guest who appears one winter night like an elderly Mary Poppins. RC 19580.

You Don’t Have to Be in Who’s Who to Know What’s What by Sam Levenson.
An American humorist combines his special magic of belly laughs, nostalgia, common sense, and wit to take a cheerful and sometimes tearful, look at love and family. RC 13632, BR 4121.