Helen Ellis - In Store

HELEN ELLIS is the author of Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack LightSouthern Lady Code, American Housewife and Eating the Cheshire Cat. Raised in Alabama, she lives with her husband in New York City. She is a poker player and a plant lady. You can find her on Twitter @WhatIDoAllDay and Instagram @HelenEllisAuthor.


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Event date: 

Thursday, June 22, 2023 - 6:30pm

Event address: 

2342 Bissonnet St.
Houston, TX 77005
Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge: Intimate Confessions from a Happy Marriage By Helen Ellis Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9780385548205
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Doubleday - June 13th, 2023

Even twenty years into marriage, Helen Ellis’s husband still makes her heart pitter patter. The New York Times bestselling author paints a portrait of true romance for our times in these surprising, sexy, and hilariously frank essays about love, marriage, and her last first kiss.


Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light: Essays By Helen Ellis Cover Image
$16.00
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ISBN: 9780593081686
Published: Anchor - April 26th, 2022

The bestselling author of American Housewife and Southern Lady Code returns with an “inspiring, hilarious, straight-to-the-point” (Entertainment Weekly) collection of essays on friendship among grown-ass women.

"Ellis' prose is filled with so many laugh lines, you might want to go ahead and book the Botox.NPR


Southern Lady Code: Essays By Helen Ellis Cover Image
$15.95
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ISBN: 9780525562924
Published: Anchor - April 28th, 2020

A collection of essays that are "like being seated beside the most entertaining guest at a dinner party" (Atlanta Journal Constitution)—from the New York Times bestselling author of American Housewives


American Housewife By Helen Ellis Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781101970997
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Published: Anchor - October 18th, 2016

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A raucous, whip-smart collection of stories featuring retro-feminist ladies who lunch.” —Elle