A gloriously written memoir of growing up in a family of hard-core gamblers.
thought the gambling gene had passed her by, until she found herself addicted to online poker and knee-deep in debt.
Published by Tarcher/Penguin
Hats & Eyeglasses has been called:
Intimate, exuberant — O, The Oprah Magazine
Fast-paced and amazingly funny — New Orleans Times-Picayune
You will feel not only as if you have known [Martha] all your life, but as if you still have one of her sweaters. — The New York Times
Fearless… powerful, even uplifting and funny — The New York Post
A heady joyride. Fast, funny and frank. — USA Today
Funny and disturbing — The Washington Post
Frank and unaffected — Publishers Weekly
In Martha’s own words:
The paperback is cheaper than a latte and a scone! Please buy copies for your friends and family, your reading group, your gambling cousins, your aging aunts. I bet they all find something to like about it… Wait, did I just say
I bet? There really is no stopping me!