"Laughing through Life" Reviews
“A Life Sustained” (Courtney)
Review appeared Saturday, December 10, 2011
“The thirty-one essays that make up Laughing through Life (Quad City Press, 2011) by Connie Corcoran Wilson represent a broad selection by this prolific writer, a collection of “hits,” if you will. TOpics range from anecdotes of everyday life to notable bits from the local news to coverage of the 2004 and 2008 Presidential elections. They span a large chunk of time—at least 25 years. A fellow Midwestern woman, Wilson writes with honesty, an eye for detail, and without pulling any punches. She seems to always be searching for the kernel of levity in all interactions and stumbles upon some poignant life lessons along the way. My personal favorite detailed a conversation between the author and her cell phone company regarding her daughter’s phone usage: we all should be so bold. Corcoran’s observations are wry, and we might take a lesson from her willingness to say exactly what is on her mind.”
From “Read More Books” blog:
“An amusing book to read written by Connie Corcoran Wilson. I have to say that I really enjoy Connie’s sense of humor. She has written some interestingly funny essays and put them together in this book. There were several laugh-out-loud moments while I was reading the book that I can honestly say that, even as I am now thinking of them while I am writing this, I am still smiling…Connie has certainly experienced many interesting events, such as covering the 2004 and 2008 Presidential campaigns with press passes, which she shares in the book. I did find much of it to be quite humorous. I didn’t really expect to laugh as much as I did at the end of the book. Coincidentally, I am not speaking solely on the chapter which is entitled “The End.” Her conversational piece with the Verizon Guy was wonderfully amusing but, for me, the final laughing began with the ‘R.I.P. Gerard’ and continued all the way to ‘The End!’ I want to say ‘Thank you’ to Teddy Rose for putting this book in my hands. I agreed to read it and review it here, which I am very happy to have done.”
Pamela
I have known this woman for many years, since our days at the University of Iowa. She has always possessed a very quick mind and a highly developed sense of humor. She is fun to be around. She is my only friend who has ever played an accordion in a bookstore while wearing Heidi braids. She can write about anything. She has written serious political pieces, reviewed many movies, written horror stories and described her own life experiences. Connie is one in a million. Besides that, she is a very, very good friend to me and to anyone who gives her a chance.