Temporarily Yours

TEMPORARILY YOURS is a very funny book related in a deadpan way by a wacky woman who worked as a temporary secretary under twenty agencies. Whew! And the stories she tells are right out of Beverly Hills mythology of uproarious folks who know from nothing except how to make fortunes. The CEO gave her $100 to take care of his kids (the boy "loved to practice his new karate skills on every passerby while the girl talked nonstop"). A director of new product development for a computer firm thought of her as a spy. The stories are quick takes, usually less than a page, & they're interspersed with quotes from the likes of the Bible, the dictionary, Gandhi & Nietzsche, not to mention Wendy Perkins ("As a temp I gained culture, while avoiding cult"). This woman is hilarious. And a very good read. She also happens to have an M.B.A. & worked as a institutional stockbroker. And she has some very good thoughts. "Allow yourself to recieve what is good & remember that you deserve it." A parting shot: "One morning, I woke up with my jaw frozen shut on one side."Perkins, Wendy is the author of 'Temporarily Yours', published 1989 under ISBN 9780962298035 and ISBN 0962298034.