{"id":94,"date":"2013-03-12T15:35:59","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T15:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmichaelperry.com\/zionbookworks\/?p=94"},"modified":"2020-07-06T11:22:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T11:22:58","slug":"kirby-soup-for-the-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zionbookworks.com\/?p=94","title":{"rendered":"Kirby Soup for the Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zionbookworks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/13.01.21-Kirby-Soup-for-the-Soul-Front-Cover.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-95\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zionbookworks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/13.01.21-Kirby-Soup-for-the-Soul-Front-Cover.jpg?resize=195%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Book 5 in the Mormon Humor Collection<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HUMOR \/ LDS<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the 21st Century best of<strong> <strong>Robert Kirby<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>All new cartoons by<strong> <strong>Pat Bagley<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Feeling lost in a confused and hostile world?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> Sad &#8230; hopeless &#8230; desperate?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> Hungry for words of comfort to feed the weary soul?<\/strong><br \/>\nHeck, so are we!<br \/>\nWe can\u2019t promise the answer to all of life\u2019s problems (though \u2018quit whining\u2019 is a much under-appreciated piece of ageless wisdom), but cough up ten bucks and you\u2019ll get the best of The Salt Lake Tribune\u2019s award-winning humor columnist Robert Kirby and cartoonist Pat Bagley.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><strong>ABOUT THE AUTHORS<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Robert Kirby<\/strong> is the award-winning editorial columnist for the Salt Lake Tribune whose books include <em>Sunday of the Living Dead<\/em> and <em>Wake Me For The Resurrection, <\/em>and<em> Family Home Screaming<\/em>.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pat Bagley<\/strong> is the award-winning author and illustrator of several Utah and LDS books, including <em>I Spy A Nephite, Welcome to Utah<\/em>, and <em>Dinosaurs of Utah.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><strong>Preview Copy:<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>CLICK\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmichaelperry.com\/zionbookworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/KirbySoupPREVIEWCOPY.pdf\">KirbySoupPREVIEWCOPY<\/a><\/strong> to open (download) a PDF of the first 21 pages of this book.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><strong>Product Details:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>LIST PRICE: $12.95<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Perfect Paperback: 128 pages<\/li>\n<li>Original Publisher: White Horse Books; 1 edition (November 14, 2007)<br \/>\nAvailable exclusively from Leicester Bay Books<\/li>\n<li>Language: English<\/li>\n<li>ISBN-10: 0974486027<br \/>\nISBN-13: 978-0974486024<\/li>\n<li>Product Dimensions: 9 x 4.9 x 0.3 inches<\/li>\n<li>Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces<\/li>\n<li>BISAC CODES: Books &gt; Humor &amp; Entertainment &gt; Humor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>Reviews and Comments:<\/h1>\n<blockquote><p>Reviewed in Nauvoo Times &#8212; True to the Faith (http:\/\/www.nauvootimes.com)<br \/>\nDecember 11, 2013<\/p>\n<p><strong>Good Reads to Give or Get<\/strong><br \/>\nby Laurie Williams Sowby<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Books are always on my Christmas wish list. Here are a few that may work well on someone else\u2019s.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> <strong>FOR ADULTS:<\/strong> When the day comes that we can\u2019t laugh at ourselves, we\u2019re in trouble. To avoid that hazard, consider picking up Salt Lake Tribune columnist Robert Kirby\u2019s <a title=\"Family Home Screaming\" href=\"https:\/\/zionbookworks.com\/family-home-screaming\/\"><strong>Family Home Screaming<\/strong><\/a>, a 1999 original (and I do mean original) re-issued from Leicester Bay Books, along with <a title=\"Sunday of the Living Dead\" href=\"https:\/\/zionbookworks.com\/sunday-of-the-living-dead\/\"><strong>Sunday of the Living Dead<\/strong><\/a> and <strong>Kirby Soup for the Soul<\/strong>. I once worked at a newspaper with Kirby, and I can only say it was an experience.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> What you get in these books is the real thing, from a dad describing the angst of having a teenager take a driving test to a day trying to enjoy a water park, there\u2019s stuff here we all recognize and relate to.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Seeing titles like \u201cRise and Whine\u201d and his assessment of grandparenthood as \u201cthe second most fun part of procreation,\u201d how could a reader not smile? And to top it off, cartoonist Bagley\u2019s added his own witty takes on family life.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><strong>Where to Buy<\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy through <strong>PayPal<\/strong> (<strong>$11.95<\/strong> + s&amp;h + Maine sales tax) Click on the Add To Cart button below. 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