There is no end to the sources of frustration, challenge, disaster--and humor!--in a woman's life, and there is no one more skilled at finding the merriment and wisdom in these everyday foibles and events than award-winning author and popular speaker Karen Linamen. In her newest humor-packed release, Linamen (author of Just Hand Over the Chocolate and No One Will Get Hurt) guides readers on a side-splitting, hopeful, and entertaining tour of a woman's life, and in true, tongue-in-cheek Linamen style, no topic is off limits! Welcome to the Funny Farm covers everything from baby showers to cell phones, chin hair to Hamburger Helper, defrosted turkeys to Barry Manilow, and dumb blonde jokes to well-woman exams. Linamen's collection of hilarious observations, originally posted online at www.women-of-faith.com as The Funny Farm columns, will inspire and entertain (though not necessarily in that order) and ultimately shed light on principles of spiritual wellness and Christian living that will enrich the life of every reader.

Cousin Edward visits Aunt Judy and Uncle Earl on their farm and tries to help with all of the chores.

An inspiring and moving memoir of the author's turbulent life with 600 rescue animals. Laurie Zaleski never aspired to run an animal rescue; that was her mother Annie’s dream. But from girlhood, Laurie was determined to make the dream come true. Thirty years later as a successful businesswoman, she did it, buying a 15-acre farm deep in the Pinelands of South Jersey. She was planning to relocate Annie and her caravan of ragtag rescues—horses and goats, dogs and cats, chickens and pigs—when Annie died, just two weeks before moving day. In her heartbreak, Laurie resolved to make her mother's dream her own. In 2001, she established the Funny Farm Animal Rescue outside Mays Landing, New Jersey. Today, she carries on Annie’s mission to save abused and neglected animals. Funny Farm is Laurie’s story: of promises kept, dreams fulfilled, and animals lost and found. It’s the story of Annie McNulty, who fled a nightmarish marriage with few skills, no money and no resources, dragging three kids behind her, and accumulating hundreds of cast-off animals on the way. And lastly, it's the story of the brave, incredible, and adorable animals that were rescued. Although there are some sad parts (as life always is), there are lots of laughs.

The Farmers quit their jobs and move from New York City out to the country. But they have to share their rural paradise with wacky locals, marauding water snakes, and more hilarious gags and mishaps than they can shake a stick at... "Uprorious . . . Uttlerly absurd . . . Wonderfully endearing." - The New York Times Book Review "Ridiculous, implausible, bonehead dumb, and laught-out-loud funny throughout" - Playboy This book is also available from Echo Point Books as a paperback (ISBN 1635618193). Another Jay Cronley title you're sure to enjoy is Good Vibes, all about a very crazy day at the races, available from Echo Point Books in hardcover (1648371833) and paperback (1635618207).

Nature, laughter, family, and friends - on the Funny Farm is where it begins. Get ready to experience the magic of the Funny Farm in this delightful story inspired by the author's summer adventures on her grandparent's farm in Sweet Home, Oregon. Adventure awaits at the Funny Farm. Do you have a magical place you like to visit? Or maybe something that you do or think about that brings a smile to your face? Remember, joy and laughter are anywhere you live. All proceeds from The Funny Farm book sales will go to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free, high-quality books to children from birth until they begin school, no matter their family's income. The Imagination Library addresses one of the most fundamental issues of childhood literacy-ensuring the availability of quality books in the home so that parents can read to their child. This is the first children's book Megan has written. Every summer Megan and her siblings would pack up and spend lots of time at her grandparents' extraordinary and beloved property, coined the Funny Farm. Megan began this book as a Christmas gift for her Nana, and she decided to self-publish it to share the magic of the Funny Farm with her young daughters, MacKenzie and Charlotte—and with anyone else whose hands it may reach.