Merrill Markoe's Guide to Love

by Merrill Markoe

When Merril Markoe looked back on her decidedly checkered romantic past, she decided, in the name of women everywhere, to set out on a quest for the holy grail of true love. The result is Merrill Markoe's Guide to Love, which goes boldly where no book has ever dared -- from a hands-on oral-sex class to a consultation with LaToya Jackson's psychic. Markoe discloses the "Secrets of Seduction" -- who knew that oven mitts can make intercourse more fun? -- and visits a "love channeler" who delivers advice from his alter-ego Shontee, who lives 250,000 years in the future. Having scaled a mountain of Hallmark poetry and "breast enhancers," Markoe has proven herself a guerrilla in the struggle for love. Coming in comic aid to women in distress everywhere, Merrill Markoe's Guide to Love is a brazen and brilliantly funny take on love and sex in the self-help world of the nineties.

Genres: Humor, Essays, Nonfiction, Comedy

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

An author, a television writer and a sometime standup comedienne.

Reviews

[Michael Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Merrill Markoe is one of the few humorists out there who can make me laugh out loud. This book, which takes on relationship gurus, seminars, astral lovers, Hallmark verses, a Vanilla Ice "romantic" film, new age shamans (and even dog psychologists) did not disappoint. I loved it.

[Ruby · Rating 4 out of 5]

The problem with reading Merrill Markoe is that she makes me cry as much as laugh out loud. A lifetime of being surrounded by narcissists, paranoia about being narcissistic, and horrendous relationships are all things I can relate to.

Her interview with John Stewart might be my favorite episode of that show ever. http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon...

And this. This is awesome: http://merrillmarkoe.com/enough-about...

[Tammy Jorgenson · Rating 5 out of 5]

She actually had a relationship w/David Letterman and I recently read - in a scandalous article - a funny 'blog' she wrote about how Dave told her she would be the only one he had extramarital affairs on.....

[Martha · Rating 5 out of 5]

I zipped through all of Merrill Markoe's books this spring after seeing her in a TV interview about "Cool, Calm, and Contentious." This is my favorite of them--for the cover alone. They are hilarious and insightful.

[Liz · Rating 2 out of 5]

not one of merrill's finest, but still an OK read.

[Jane]

Some parts were dated, but overall, it was entertaining.

[Stacy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Put it down after 38 pages. Terribly dated.