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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Make humor not war – one author’s fun
coping method to get through family Holidays
Home for the Holidays doesn’t always
pull up visions of sweet, sugar candy
classics like I’m Dreaming of a White
Christmas. For most people it’s probably
more like a blend of National Lampoon’s:
Christmas Vacation or maybe even The
Nightmare Before Christmas! Add a little
more tension with the fact that many people
have lost their jobs and homes this year,
and it definitely spells trouble. The
Dysfunctional Family Funbook: Games and
Activities to Keep You Sane Your Whole Visit
Home (Running Press) by Catheryn J. Brockett
is part activity book-part survival kit for
the Holidays and this witty parody offers
the perfect outlet to prevent you from
hitting the family or the bottle (or both)!
Designed along the lines of a children’s
activity book, The Dysfunctional Family
Funbook comes with paper doll cut-outs, word
searches, mazes, connect-the-dots, and many
other activities, making it the perfect
antidote to Holiday stress. Brockett
provides everything in her ‘adult’ book from
puzzles and games to exploring a number of
attractive escape options when all that
company gets to be too much, reminding
readers that her games and activities are
not to share with the family – but more a
book you use to stay sane while around them!
Hatched during a time that the author was
estranged from her own family, Brockett
found that humor has a capacity to unite as
well as uplift, and as a result she found
herself doing stand-up comedy on a subject
near and dear to her heart – her own
dysfunctional family!
Catheryn Brockett is a writer, actor and
comedian and has performed improv and sketch
comedy in New York, Washington and Los
Angeles. She has appeared in numerous
television shows and commercials. Originally
from the suburbs of Maryland, she spent a
few years in theatre in New York then on to
settle ‘happily ever after’ in Los Angeles.
She is currently busy writing more fun books
and survival guides and creating mini-kits
for life’s hard times and is intent on
making the world a better place one chuckle
at a time!
Please check out her entertaining (“cheaper
than therapy”) book at her website:
www.dysfunctionalfamilyfunbook.com
or visit the author at:
www.catherynjbrockett.com .
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James Hollis, PhD, best-selling author of
What Matters Most & Finding Meaning in the
Second Half of Life: “In The Dysfunctional
Family Funbook, Catheryn Brockett uses humor
to turn pain into pure gold, and for those
cast by fate into a familial web, whether
their tears come from sorrow or laughter,
she recovers a vital measure of autonomy.”
Britt Nielsen, Psy.D: “The Dysfunctional
Family Funbook hooks you with humor and
games. Things may even hit home…Then
somewhere after the drink recipes – you are
learning coping strategies and communication
skills and don’t even know it! Talk about
covert therapy.”
Burnside Writer’s Collective: “…Well there
is hope! Catheryn J. Brockett an actress and
comedienne, has written a terrific book
that’s part-fun, part-therapy, and
completely entertaining. The Dysfunctional
Family Handbook Games and Activities to keep
you sane your whole trip home.”
The Undercurrent, Buena Vista University:
“Sick of going home from college and feeling
like you don't fit in anymore? Do you feel
as if you do not share much of the same
interests or do not know how to have fun
with your family? Maybe The Dysfunctional
Family Funbook is what you need..."
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