Discussion: Erma Bombeck

Presented by Greenville Chautauqua. Note: This event is a discussion, not an in-character performance. (Performances: Meet Erma Bombeck – Portrayed by Susan Marie Frontczak – at Hartness PAC and Meet Erma Bombeck – Portrayed by Susan Marie Frontczak – Outdoor Show)

Erma Bombeck captured with paring-knife-sharp humor the daily life of a new post-WWII American phenomenon: the suburban housewife. Having figured out from her own personal experience that if you can laugh at it you can live with it, she chronicled the housewife’s daily struggles in her column “At Wit’s End” from 1965 to 1996, eventually appearing in over 900 newspapers across the country. She also shared both poignant and hilarious observations in 12 books, including the best sellers The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank and If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?