Who Needs a Boyfriend? Life, Happiness and Other Thoughts

By Carol Lynn Lustgarten

A self help, humurous inspiring book which includes sections of poetry. The highlight of the book is money is a girl's bestfriend. (Not your Daddys, Mamas, Boyfriends or Husbands, but your own)

An interesting poem that stands out is the The Wilderness and the Paradise. It inlcudes "Some Things To Do In Your Life (Take Chances)", What Annoys the Author and What She is Grateful For. She also wrote a poem dedicated to her mother which is titled, Survive.

You can never hide from the truth, its always there - C.L.L.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Dec 11, 2013
• ISBN: 9781491821435

Carol Lynn Lustgarten

Carol Lynn Lustgarten has been writing on and off for over forty years. She is a self-published author. She self-published nine books of poetry in Boston and one in New York. And two other books have been published. Carol is a writer, poet, and an artist. She lives in New York City.

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Who Needs a Boyfriend?

Life, Happiness and

Other Thoughts

Carol Lynn Lustgarten

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Published by AuthorHouse 11/21/2013

ISBN: 978-1-4918-2142-8 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4918-2143-5 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013917632

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Who Needs a Boyfriend?

Thanks for having me in the ’50s

Some Things To Do In Your Life (Take Chances)

What Annoys Me

What I’m Grateful For

Cloudy Day

I Am So Happy

What I Believe In

Then and Now

Life’s a Bitch

Losses

Money is a Girl’s Best Friend

(Not your Daddy’s, Mama’s, Boyfriend’s or Husband’s, but your own)

Avoiding Babylon

An Interesting Tidbit

The Wilderness and the Paradise

This Time of Year

Protect and Defend

Poem

People you used to know

As Is

Freedom

Survive (For My Mother)

This book is dedicated to

my parents who taught me independence,

the value of work, the value of money,

and the importance of kindness, giving

and helping others

Introduction

I’ve been writing on and off for over 38 years. I’ve self-published 9 books of poetry in the ’80s and ’90s while living in Boston, and none made the best seller on anyone’s list. Matter of fact, I have given the majority of my books away. I usually had 100 copies made of each. I do not use a computer. That’s right, a writer who hand writes everything (could you believe it?). So pens (black ink only) are very important and paper too (unlined, white). I wrote every book by hand and then had it typeset, then next it went to the printer. I rarely sold any of my books and have some left today.

I got inspired again to write another book which I again will self publish. It is expensive to do but it is great to have a finished product of my work. However, this time, I will not give these books away except to family. I