{"product_id":"growing-up-with-doris-and-still-alive-to-tell-the-tale-paperback","title":"Growing up with Doris: And Still Alive to Tell the Tale - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeslie Ann Breen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing Up with Doris...And Still Alive to Tell the Tale Is a humorous memoir about growing up in the 60s and 70s with a single mother with an undiagnosed ADHD disorder. Written by her daughter Leslie, the book chronicles what it was like living with Doris, a mom who had a knack in the kitchen but lacked a 10 second delay mechanism on her actions that caused life never to be dull or boring for her children. \"She was a mother who marched to the beat of a different drummer, and if she thought it, she said it --- without a filter,\" says Leslie. Growing Up with Doris never sways from Doris' true calling as a mother, which involved feeding her family, her children's playmates and a convent full of Notre Dame nuns. For anyone growing up in those eventful decades, Growing Up with Doris is an honest, endearing, and humorous account of a funny, one-of-a-kind mother whose wit, dedication, and tenacity is an inspiration on making the best of what life deals you. While writing the memoir, Leslie saw a theme emerging, mainly around food, so she decided to write a companion cookbook with her mother featuring 140 family recipes. The cookbook, Cooking with Doris B. is ideal for anyone beginning to cook or experienced in the kitchen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeslie Breen is a daughter, wife, mother, nurse practitioner, and writer. After surviving a stroke at age thirty-seven, Breen dreamt of one day writing a book about her unconventional mother, and introducing the world to Doris. For seventeen years, Breen worked as a full time nurse practitioner while writing her memoir and a companion cookbook. While recovering from a brain aneurism in 2007, Breen finished the journey and self-published her two books. Breen dreams of one day writing full-time. Her life and that dream go on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 258\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48361915023581,"sku":"9780984244706","price":16.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/iL0Nb2QjxG9780984244706.webp?v=1786525112","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/growing-up-with-doris-and-still-alive-to-tell-the-tale-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}