Markoe, Merrill

Walking in circles before lying down : a novel by Merrill Markoe( Book )
15 editions published between 2006 and 2009 in English and held by 1,194 libraries worldwide
Dawn Tarnauer's life isn't exactly a success story. Already twice divorced, the young Californian is too busy job-hopping to start a career, her current boyfriend insists on living "off the grid," and her Life Coach sister perpetually interferes with incomprehensible affirmations. Dawn's only source of security and comfort, it seems, is Chuck, a pit-bull mix from the pound. So when her boyfriend announces that he's leaving her for another woman, a despairing Dawn turns to Chuck for solace. "I should have said something sooner," Chuck confides. Dawn is stunned. It's one thing to talk to your pets, but what do you do when they start talking back? It's not just Chuck, either; she can hear all dogs--and man's best friend has a lot to say.--From publisher description.

Nose down, eyes up : a novel by Merrill Markoe( Book )
15 editions published between 2008 and 2010 in English and held by 988 libraries worldwide
Gil is a bit of a schlub. Nearing 50, he lives rent-free as a handyman in an elderly couple's Los Angeles vacation home. His girlfriend, Sara, works as an animal communicator. Consequently, he can now understand all four of his dogs and is surprised to discover that the alpha dog, Jimmy, has been giving informative lectures to the neighborhood dogs about such topics as begging faces, edible shoes, and peeing inside versus outside. A chance meeting with Gil's ex leads to his accepting a job remodeling her guesthouse, and Jimmy begs to be brought along. Soon Gil finds himself moving uncomfortably closer to his ex and further away from Jimmy, and it's only when things get rough that Gil and Jimmy begin to reconsider the meaning of family.

The day my dogs became guys by Merrill Markoe( Book )
4 editions published between 1998 and 2001 in English and held by 964 libraries worldwide
When an eclipse of the sun turns Carey's three dogs into people, they cause enormous problems by continuing to behave like dogs.

It's my f---ing birthday! : a novel by Merrill Markoe( Book )
7 editions published between 2002 and 2004 in English and French and held by 764 libraries worldwide
On her thirty-sixth birthday, a Los Angeles high school art teacher reflects on her life and love affairs in a series of addresses written to herself on seven consecutive birthdays.

What the dogs have taught me and other amazing things I've learned by Merrill Markoe( Book )
6 editions published between 1992 and 2005 in English and held by 643 libraries worldwide
Merrill's essays focus on living with her past and present dogs -- talking, stalking, chewing, and napping with them. She tackles horoscope addiction, tells how to overcome boredom at baseball games, and laments lacking genes for makeup, clothing and home decoration.

The psycho ex game by Merrill Markoe( Book )
4 editions published between 2004 and 2005 in English and Russian and held by 410 libraries worldwide
Relates the story of a couple's growing involvement from the alternating perspective of writer Lisa and rock musician Grant, as their e-mail correspondence follows an ongoing debate over which of them suffered more at the hands of their exes.

How to be hap-hap-happy like me by Merrill Markoe( Book )
3 editions published between 1994 and 1995 in English and held by 385 libraries worldwide
Markoe follows 33 of the hints from the "365 days to a happier life" desk calendar, including a dinner with Fabio and a session of Dominatrix 101.

Merrill Markoe's guide to Love by Merrill Markoe( Book )
1 edition published in 1997 in English and held by 244 libraries worldwide

Late night with David Letterman : the book( Book )
2 editions published in 1985 in English and held by 238 libraries worldwide

Cool, calm & contentious by Merrill Markoe( Book )
4 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 9 libraries worldwide
"In this hilarious collection of personal essays, New York Times bestselling author Merrill Markoe reveals, among other things, the secret formula for comedy: Start out with a difficult mother, develop some classic teenage insecurities, add a few relationships with narcissistic men, toss in an unruly pack of selfish dogs, finish it off with the kind of crystalline perspective that only comes from years of navigating a roiling sea of unpleasant and unappeasable people, and--voilá--you're funny! But in Cool, Calm & Contentious, Markoe also reveals something more: herself. This is by far her most personal, affecting collection yet--honest, unapologetic, often painful, but always shot through with the bracing, wicked sense of humor that has made her such a beloved and incisive observer of life, both human and canine. In Cool, Calm & Contentious, she goes there: from the anal-retentive father who once spent ten minutes lecturing Markoe's forty-year-old, Ph.D.-wielding brother on how to fold a napkin, to the eternally aggrieved mother who took pleasure in being unpleasant to waiters and spent most of her life, Markoe says, in "varying degrees of pissed off"; from the way she surrendered her virginity as a freshman in college (to her, it was "something to be gotten rid of quickly, then never discussed again, like body odor"), to why, later in life, she ultimately came to find dogs so much more appealing than humans, Markoe holds nothing back. It's all here, in all its messy, poignant glory, and told the way only Merril Markoe knows how--with honesty, wit, and bite. Cool, Calm & Contentious offers something for everyone--fans of humorous essays, fans of memoir, fans of great writing and finely drawn characters, fans of dogs, fans of talking dogs, and fans of reading about mothers who are so difficult and demanding they actually make you feel good about your own life. But most of all, this book is for the many fans of Merrill Markoe, who will finally get a chance to learn what makes her tick--and what makes her so funny and wise"--