Product Description
by Vikki Claflin (Author)
Erma Bombeck meets Michael J. Fox in "Shake, Rattle & Roll With It: Living and Laughing with Parkinson's." Vikki Claflin is a writer, humorist, and professional public speaker. After many dark days spent coming to terms with her diagnosis, Vikki's natural comic optimism and irreverence began to surface, and she started writing about the funny side of living with Parkinson's disease. "Shake, Rattle & Roll With It" s a collection of Vikki's honest - and hilarious - essays about the ups and downs of life with a chronic illness. She shows us how to laugh at ourselves by first laughing at her, as she unabashedly shares with us her most embarrassing moments in her battle with Parkinson's. Chapter titles include: "Hey Doc, Call Me When They Find a Cure, Okay?" "Thank You for Calling Google.doc. Yep, You're Gonna Die." "Date Night. This isn't How I Remember It." "I Gave Hubs a Pole Dance and He Can't Stop Laughing. It's Been Two Days." "The 20 Best Things About Having Parkinson's." A true gift to anyone living with, or caring for someone who lives with a chronic condition, or who just loves a good belly laugh, "Shake, Rattle & Roll With It" is pure joy, and should be on everyone's MUST READ list.
Author Biography
Vikki is an international best-selling author, humor blogger, and inspirational public speaker. She lives in Hood River, OR, where she writes the award-winning humor blog Laugh Lines: Humorous Thoughts and Advice on How to Live Young When You're...well...Not, where she doles out irreverent advice on marriage, offers humorous how-to lists galore, and shares her most embarrassing midlife moments. Vikki has been featured on the Michael J. Fox Foundation website, Erma Bombeck's Writer's Workshop, The Huffington Post, Scary Mommy, Midlife Boulevard, Better After 50, and Funny Times Magazine. She also received a BlogHer14 "Voices of the Year" Humor award. Vikki's first book, "Shake, Rattle & Roll With It: Living & Laughing with Parkinson's" chronicles her hilarious, and sometimes poignant journey, about living with Parkinson's disease. Her second, "Who Left the Cork Out of my Lunch?" was published in 2016. Her new humor anthology, "Chin Hairs and Back Fat: Somewhere Between Tweezers, Yoga Pants & a Box of Wine" is coming soon. You can find more of Vikki's writing at http: //laugh-lines.net Subscribe to her Blog at http: //laugh-lines.net Laugh Lines Friend her on Facebook here: https: //facebook.com/laughlinesblog Follow her on Twitter @vikkiclaflin
