Cartoonist Cathy Guisewite joins forces with her sister Mickey to explore in illustrated essays what it means to be a woman today. Welcome to the world of two-second vacations, two-dollar raises, and $200 car-phone conversations, where the modern woman ponders innumerable mysteries.

Presents brief biographical sketches which provide vital statistics as well as information on the importance of the person listed.

Features biographical entries discussing creative and performing artists from the fields of literature, music, the visual arts, and film and television.

We all have bad days--days when we feel it's us against the world. The Bad Day Book is here to remind us we're not alone--and to show that others have lived through even worse! Example: during a wedding ceremony on a houseboat, a golf ball hit from shore knocks the bride unconscious. Readers will feel better after reading about these really bad days!