Between You and Me Confessions of a Comma Queen |
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Author:
| Norris, Mary |
ISBN: | 978-1-4104-8050-7 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2015 |
Publisher: | Thorndike Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $31.99 |
Book Description:
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A New York Times Bestselling AuthorAn Amazon Best Book of April 2015A Publishers Weekly Spring Top 10 Literary Bio PickThe most irreverent and helpful book on language since the #1 New York Times bestseller Eats, Shoots & Leaves.Mary Norris has spent more than three decades in The New Yorker's copy department, maintaining its celebrated high standards. Now she lends her vast experience, good cheer, and finely sharpened pencils to some of our language's most vexing problems in a...
More DescriptionA New York Times Bestselling AuthorAn Amazon Best Book of April 2015A Publishers Weekly Spring Top 10 Literary Bio PickThe most irreverent and helpful book on language since the #1 New York Times bestseller Eats, Shoots & Leaves.Mary Norris has spent more than three decades in The New Yorker's copy department, maintaining its celebrated high standards. Now she lends her vast experience, good cheer, and finely sharpened pencils to some of our language's most vexing problems in a boisterous book as full of life as it is of practical advice. Readers - and writers - will find in Norris neither a scold nor a softie but a wise and witty new friend in love with language.