The bag lady papers : the priceless experience of losing it all

Summary: Throughout her life, Alexandra Penney's worst fear was of becoming a bag lady. Even as she worked several jobs as a single mother, wrote a bestselling advice book, and became editor in chief of Self magazine, she was haunted by the image of herself alone, bankrupt, and living on the street--she even went to therapy to alleviate the worry. And then, one day, that₂s exactly what happened. She had taken a friend₂s advice and invested nearly all of her savings with Bernie Madoff. This memoir chronicles Penney₂s struggle to cope with the devastating financial and emotional fallout of being cheated out of her life savings and illuminates her journey back to sanity, solvency, and security.--From publisher description.

Item details

ISBN: 9781401341183
ISBN: 1401341187
Physical Description: print
viii, 220 p. ; 22 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Hyperion/Voice, c2010.

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note:

December 11, 2008 -- AAA : Activity Alleviates Anxiety -- There is no such word as NO -- Rich bitch : MF + 24 hours -- Road trip with "the girls" : MF + 2 weeks -- Urgency at all costs! -- There IS such word as No -- Copy shop collapse : MF + 4 weeks -- Change is good : my fishmonger days -- The kindness of friends and strangers : MF + 5 weeks -- Everyone has a story to tell -- If you think you have no options, think again -- My new life as a person of reduced circumstances (PoRC) : MF + 6 weeks -- How to make love to a man -- What money can and can't buy : MF + 7 weeks -- How to heal a broken heart -- Real estate woes : MF + 2 months -- The pink ribbon -- What can I live without? : MF + 2 months -- What the bag lady really fears -- How to look and feel good when recently broke -- The bag lady throws a party.

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