BOOMERFUL BOOK REVIEW

Here's a book review from our assistant editor, Mark McLaughlin, who assures me that when he mentions having met some wackos in his life, he's not talking about anyone on the Boomerful.com staff!

Winning Against The Wackos In Your Life: How To Spot Them And Stop Them In Their Tracks
by Christina Eckert

Larstan Publishing, 208 pgs.

Reviewed by Mark McLaughlin

As assistant editor at Boomerful.com, a website for Baby Boomer women and their friends, I receive a steady stream of press releases about every topic under the sun. I even get press releases about how to go river-fishing in the middle of winter. Now, I⿿m not one to dictate what other people should or shouldn⿿t do, but I⿿m thinking, most of the Baby Boomer women I know do their winter fish acquisition in the Meat section at HyVee.

Since I receive lots of inappropriate releases, it⿿s always a pleasure to receive one that⿿s right on the money. When an e-mail about Winning Against Wackos entered my in-box, I knew I wanted to see this book. Why? Because sadly, many of the Baby Boomer women I know have to deal with wackos. They often tell me about the wackos they encounter at their jobs, restaurants, stores, out in traffic ⿦ and always, at family gatherings. I wanted to see if this book could be helpful to them.

Author Christina Eckert uses a lot of funny personal anecdotes, and it soon becomes clear that she has been burned by wackos a few times in her life. In fact, it sounds like some of those wackos have scorched her pretty badly. Clearly she knows what she⿿s talking about!

Eckert has a lot of good advice to offer on how to deal with wackos, and she delivers that advice with friendly humor. She divides the ranks of wackos into four categories, based on their degree of severity, and tells how to deal with these unpleasant individuals at every level. I⿿ve had to deal with plenty of unsavory types myself over the years, and found her suggestions to be interesting, innovative, and definitely helpful.

Basically, Eckert⿿s message is that life is too short for you to waste your time on people who will only hurt you. Amen to that! The book makes for entertaining reading, and when it gets down to describing wacko behavior, it does make you think: ⿿There but for the grace of God go I!⿿