Lisa Smith Molinari

Lisa Smith Molinari is the author of hilarious and unique memoir, The Meat and Potatoes of Life: My True Lit Com, which Kirkus Reviews calls "[m]emorable autobiographical essays capturing the service of motherhood with candor, humor, and grace."

"Readers will relish Molinari’s self-deprecating anecdotes about aging, marriage, and anxiety. The volume includes memorable one-liners ... as well as lessons on hard work and gratitude." ~ Kirkus Reviews

"[T]here is a palpable sense of wonder for everything from a dog’s shedding to parenthood: 'It’s an incredible privilege to watch a human being grow.'" ~ Kirkus Reviews

Weekly, Molinari writes the award-winning syndicated column "The Meat and Potatoes of Life," which appears in Stars and Stripes, the newspaper for the US Armed Forces. It won First Place for Humor in the 2018 National Society of Newspaper Columnists' nation-wide contest, in which one judge commented, "Molinari has a great grasp of using the small to explain the big... Alexa as a 'can of tuna', popcorn in the bra, and crabs running amok on the dock... I just got where she was going and enjoyed the big-hearted humor along the way."

The Meat and Potatoes of Life: My True Lit Com is being hailed as “…hilariously honest, beautifully engaging and vividly written … A must read,” (Gina Barreca, author of They Used to Call Me Snow White, But I Drifted); “ … engaging stories that resonate … pure Erma Bombeck …” (Teri Rizvi, founder and director of the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop); and “[A] wonderful look inside the kind of family we all want to invite home to dinner.” (Amy Newmark, editor-in-chief, Chicken Soup for the Soul). Lisa lives with her family in Rhode Island.