{"title":"Marla Jo Fisher","description":"\u003cp\u003eMARLA JO FISHER is a journalist and humor columnist whose work runs in eleven newspapers across the Southern California News Group, including the \u003cem\u003eOrange County Register\u003c\/em\u003e. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eFrumpy Middle-Aged Mom: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Motherhood\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFisher is a former award-winning investigative reporter whose columns and travel articles have appeared in the \u003cem\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e, among other publications nationwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she’s not writing, Fisher advocates for children in foster care, having adopted two children from the system at age 46. That experience forms the heart of her Frumpy Middle-Aged Mom column, published weekly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarla lives in Southern California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarla Jo Fisher’s books are published by Prospect Park Books, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"frumpy-middle-aged-mom-dispatches-from-the-front-lines-of-motherhood","title":"Frumpy Middle-Aged Mom: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Motherhood","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-id=\"gts3ct-49oce6-uoh64m-tw34ly\" data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-live=\"polite\" data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"140\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"If you've ever heard yourself say, 'No officer, that is not my son,’ or had to explain to your kids that Led Zeppelin is not a mineral, Fisher is your kind of gal. Even if you've never said either of those things, Fisher is still your gal. This book has laughs on every page, and as a parent of teenagers, I desperately needed every one. I loved it!\"\u003cbr\u003e― \u003cb\u003eW. Bruce Cameron\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003e8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNever mind the Real Housewives of Orange County―Marla Jo Fisher is the woman everyone can relate to, complete with bad parenting, rotten dogs, ill health, and fashion faux pas. For nearly two decades, in the \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOrange County Register\u003c\/i\u003e and many syndicated papers, readers have delighted in Marla Jo’s subversive humor, cranky intellect, and huge heart on her journey through broke, single, after-40 motherhood, when she adopted Cheetah Boy and Curly Girl, to her oddball adventures around the globe, to the sublime ridiculousness of life next door. Even while facing a devastating diagnosis, Fisher teaches us that humor is the balm that eases and the very thing that binds us together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1938849663\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781938849664\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Marla Jo Fisher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42448462414040,"sku":"9781938849664","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/71CUkecgL5L_mockup_v2_1643409576_a7f71368-0923-48af-8e59-4bfcf9d030bf.jpg?v=1790981476"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-marla-jo-fisher.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}