Amy's Answering Machine: Messages from Mom - Hardcover

Borkowsky, Amy

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9780743422284: Amy's Answering Machine: Messages from Mom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0743422287 ISBN 13: 9780743422284

Publisher: Pocket Books, 2001

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Does your mother call you in a panic when she hears a storm warning for your area? Does she act as though it's her duty to alert you to every health story she hears on the news? Have you ever been briefly out of contact with your mother only to find she has phoned friends, neighbours and even the hospital looking for you! This hilarious new book from AMY BORKOWSKY'S mother includes messages plus the stories behind them; additional messages never before released; emails in which Amy's fans share the most extreme calls from their own mothers; and tips on dealing with a mother who uses the phone cord as an umbilical cord. Thanks to AMY'S ANSWERING MACHINE, children of all ages can take comfort in knowing they don't suffer alone...and mothers can show their kids that, compared to Amy's mum, they're not that bad.

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Synopsis:

For more than a decade, Amy Borkowsky has been saving answering machine messages from her hilariously overprotective mother. The resulting collection, based on the hit CD, is sure to strike a chord with mothers and daughters of all ages. Does your mother call you in a panic when she hears a storm warning for your area? Does she act as though it's her duty to alert you to every health story she hears on the news? Have you ever been briefly out of contact with your mother only to find she has phoned friends, neighbours and even the hospital looking for you! This hilarious new book from AMY BORKOWSKY'S mother includes messages plus the stories behind them; additional messages never before released; emails in which Amy's fans share the most extreme calls from their own mothers; and tips on dealing with a mother who uses the phone cord as an umbilical cord. Thanks to AMY'S ANSWERING MACHINE, children of all ages can take comfort in knowing they don't suffer alone...and mothers can show their kids that, compared to Amy's mum, they're not that bad.

About the Author:

Amy Borkowsky has been executive vice president, creative group head at a major New York advertising agency, where she won dozens of advertising awards, including five Clios, three Lions at the Cannes Festival, and an Emmy.

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