As I Lay Frying

As I Lay Frying

A Rehoboth Beach Memoir

By Fay Jacobs
Paperback $20.95

$20.95

Publication Date: 14th June 2016

In 1995, writer Fay Jacobs cruised into Rehoboth Beach, and discovered the unique charm of this seaside community.
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In 1995, writer Fay Jacobs cruised into Rehoboth Beach, and discovered the unique charm of this seaside community.
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In 1995, writer Fay Jacobs cruised into Rehoboth Beach, and discovered the unique charm of this seaside community. Almost immediately, she began chronicling life in Rehoboth in a regular column for the magazine Letters from CAMP Rehoboth. The essays in As I Lay Frying tell a story that is sometimes provocative, sometimes political, occasionally heartwarming, and always hilarious.
Details
  • Price: $20.95
  • Pages: 288
  • Carton Quantity: 21
  • Publisher: Bywater Books
  • Imprint: Bywater Books
  • Series: Tales from Rehoboth Beach
  • Publication Date: 14th June 2016
  • Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.5 in
  • ISBN: 9781612940717
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    HUMOR / Topic / LGBT
    HUMOR / Form / Anecdotes & Quotations
    HUMOR / Form / Essays
Author Bio
A native New Yorker, Fay Jacobs spent 30 years in Washington, DC working in journalism, public relations and theater. She is the former publisher of A&M Books, a successor to the legendary Naiad Press. Her first book, As I Lay Frying – a Rehoboth Beach Memoir (2004) is in its 4th printing. A second essay collection, Fried & True – Tales from Rehoboth Beach won the 2008 National Federation of Press Women Book of the Year for Humor. Her third book, For Frying Out Loud – Rehoboth Beach Diaries won a ForeWord Reviews Humor Book of the Year, a Goldie Award, Independent Publishers Award, American Library Association Over the Rainbow award and the 2011 National Federation of Press Women Book of the Year Award. Her most recent book Time Fries: Aging Gracelessly in Rehoboth Beach won the 2013 National Federation of Press Women Book of the Year for Humor. Her latest project is a reading, Aging Gracelessly: 50 Shades of Fay, which is currently being performed at GLBT events, conferences and in theatres around the country.

Fay teaches classes in humor writing, editing and memoir and has written for The Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, The Advocate, Curve Magazine and more. She lives in Rehoboth with Bonnie, her wife of 33 years, and a Miniature Schnauzer named Windsor.
In 1995, writer Fay Jacobs cruised into Rehoboth Beach, and discovered the unique charm of this seaside community. Almost immediately, she began chronicling life in Rehoboth in a regular column for the magazine Letters from CAMP Rehoboth. The essays in As I Lay Frying tell a story that is sometimes provocative, sometimes political, occasionally heartwarming, and always hilarious.
  • Price: $20.95
  • Pages: 288
  • Carton Quantity: 21
  • Publisher: Bywater Books
  • Imprint: Bywater Books
  • Series: Tales from Rehoboth Beach
  • Publication Date: 14th June 2016
  • Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.5 in
  • ISBN: 9781612940717
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    HUMOR / Topic / LGBT
    HUMOR / Form / Anecdotes & Quotations
    HUMOR / Form / Essays
A native New Yorker, Fay Jacobs spent 30 years in Washington, DC working in journalism, public relations and theater. She is the former publisher of A&M Books, a successor to the legendary Naiad Press. Her first book, As I Lay Frying – a Rehoboth Beach Memoir (2004) is in its 4th printing. A second essay collection, Fried & True – Tales from Rehoboth Beach won the 2008 National Federation of Press Women Book of the Year for Humor. Her third book, For Frying Out Loud – Rehoboth Beach Diaries won a ForeWord Reviews Humor Book of the Year, a Goldie Award, Independent Publishers Award, American Library Association Over the Rainbow award and the 2011 National Federation of Press Women Book of the Year Award. Her most recent book Time Fries: Aging Gracelessly in Rehoboth Beach won the 2013 National Federation of Press Women Book of the Year for Humor. Her latest project is a reading, Aging Gracelessly: 50 Shades of Fay, which is currently being performed at GLBT events, conferences and in theatres around the country.

Fay teaches classes in humor writing, editing and memoir and has written for The Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, The Advocate, Curve Magazine and more. She lives in Rehoboth with Bonnie, her wife of 33 years, and a Miniature Schnauzer named Windsor.