Falling Into Manholes : The Memoir of a Bad/Good Girl

Wendy Merrill is in recovery from ... just about everything. Alcoholism, anorexia, you name it, she's battled it. And as far as men, well, it might have been an early warning sign when she took a college class called Dating and Marriage and got an F. On the surface, she was a good girl, determined to excel. Secretly she was looking for love in all the wrong places-from strangers' beds to barstools- and falling into manholes every step of the way. With honesty, humor, and style, Merrill explores relationships, self-esteem (and the lack thereof), and going to any lengths to discover what truly matters The hilarious, skewed, rueful misadventures of a forty-something, in-recovery-from-everything bad girl/good girl in her search for love, sex, and sanity. After losing herself in an endless series of attachments, this serial mater comes to see how her relationships with men are emblematic of all her relationships--with alcohol, food, drugs, family, friends, and most of all, herself. With honesty, humor, and style, Wendy explores the contradictions and imperfections of being a woman, in a book about relationships, addiction, self-esteem (and the lack thereof), and going to any lengths to discover what matters. She gives the reader a good laugh, an easy read, and hope.--From publisher description