It's a Chick Thing: Celebrating the Wild Side of Women's Friendship - Softcover

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9781573241960: It's a Chick Thing: Celebrating the Wild Side of Women's Friendship

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1573241962 ISBN 13: 9781573241960

Publisher: Conari Press, 2000

The millions of "Sweet Potato Queens" and "Ya-Ya" sisters speak to a growing hunger to talk about, read about, and ponder the ineffable nature of women's relationships. "It's a Chick Thing" is a collection of forty spirited stories about the special and unique times that strengthen the bonds of women's friendships and create shared history. It takes a look at women's friendship at its wildest, adventurous best -- the antics, the escapades, the risk taking, the loyalty, the irrepressible humor and merriment.

Read about Dolly Parton's escapades with her friends in high school, Fergie's and Diana's night on the town during Andrew's bachelor party, how Sharon Stone literally gave Mimi Craven the shirt off her back, and the time when Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn faced down the Coal Miner's Daughter's detractors. Readers will delight in reading about Cirque du Chien, a group of party-loving chicks who dress up like French poodles and drink French champagne. Or La Bella Mafia, a girl gang dedicated to glorious divadom who right wrongs and overdress for every occasion. "It's a Chick Thing" also includes chick resources such as "Shoo Fly Be Gone," a list of verbal comebacks for getting rid of those pesky men who interrupt your girls' nights out and "Chick Stars," an astrological guide to finding your most compatible (and incompatible) friends. There are also handy chickcentric lists including "Chicks That Rock," "Chick Reads," "Chick Flicks," and "Chick Cliques."

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About the Author:

Ame Mahler Beanland is a writer, award-winning art director, and coauthor of Mother's Nature. She lives in Pleasanton, California, with her husband and daughter.

Emily Miles Terry is a marketing and publicity consultant for book publishers and the author of It's a Chick Thing. She lives in Boston with her husband and daughter.

Review:

"Full of fun and female frolic. Read it with your best friend and then
cut loose."
-Alicia Alvrez, author of The Ladies' Room Reader
"Need a quick fix to cope with the frenetic world? Dive into these
gleeful glory stories about female friendships that reveal the secret
ways in which we nourish one another. Talk about learning from the
past: these tales of soulful caring and 'let it all hang out, mama!'
impudence echo the antics of the uppity women I've unearthed from
history, who knew there was no better way to meet life's challenges and have a ball doing it-than with a gal pal or a wild bunch."
-Vicki Leon, author of Uppity Women of Ancient Times, Uppity
Women of Medieval Times and Uppity Women of the Renaissance
"No way can you read all these true tales of youthful escapades
and matronly misdemeanors-or sense the sister spirit that
informed them-without wanting to get down with your gal pals
right this very minute. Fresh, and non-phallocentric without
making a big deal about it, It's a Chick Thing depicts female
friendship at its f�nest.
-Autumn Stephens, author of Wild Women, Drama Queens,
and several other books in The Wild Women genre
"Every one of my super-chick, super-siSTAR, goddess girlfriends
is going to get a copy of this book as a grand and glorious ‘Thank
You' for lighting up my life with their wildness, wisdom, and
raging faith in all things beautiful."
-Margie Lapanja, author of Goddess in the Kitchen and The
Goddess' Guide to Love
"‘�ber-chicks' Am and Emily have long been two of my personal
sheroes for their feisty ferocity. This book unleashes enough
‘chick power' to save the world!"
-Varla Ventura, author of Sheroes: Bold, Brash and Absolutely Unabashed
Superwomen