How Was It for You?

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Summary: If Erma Bombeck were an English TV comedienne
Review: Add a star if you are an Anglophile. Current readers are familiar with Bombeck, but Lipman more closely resembles Jean Kerr (Please Don't Eat the Daisys) in that she combines the domestic humor with show business (Kerr was the wife of a prominent theater critic; Lipman is an actress). Lipman describes her struggles with her plumbing or her car interspersed with trying to make it to auditions, rehearsals or meetings. Some of the show business names she drops are familiar to British Comedy fans, although her own shows do not appear to have crossed the Atlantic. The domestic humor should be accessible to most US readers, although appreciation increases if the reader has a working knowledge of recent UK politics and theater. Some comments depend on a knowledge of the personalities of UK politicians who are practically unknown to most of us.