Never Kiss A Frog
 Marilyn Anderson
 (Reviewer - Rebecca Brown)
 2003 Red Rock Press
 ISBN: 0971437211

A Girl's Guide to Creatures from the Dating Swamp.

Single women can't afford to believe in fairy tales. Frogs don't turn into princes. some men are adept at hiding their webbed feet, while others appear oblivious to their inner slime.

To spare other damsels the trouble, Marilyn Anderson plumbs the romantic misadventures in search of Mr. Right.

Never Kiss A Frog is dissected into 6 sections:
• Gone with the Warts -- the hunt for the Go Nowhere Frog, The Horny Toad, The Indy Froghundred & The Mama's Frog.
• Ribbeting Experiences which include the Obsessed-With-His-Body Frog; The Bully Frog; Sir Frogalot; & more!
• Frog Family Album where you will find Frogzilla!; Scrooge McFrog; Count Frogula & Play “Frogopoly”. You will also get a preview of the Slime Street Gallery!
• Nightmare on Slime Street takes you to where Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Frog dwell, along with Frog on the Rocks; Croak and Dagger; The Godfrogger & other such denizen.
• Close Encounters of the Frog Kind include Push-Pull Frog; Toad on the Road; The Frogtogenarian; The Groggy Froggy; Frog-in-the-Box.
• Hoppily Ever After where the Prince, the Wish, the Weeding & Beyond are discussed.

It's all about finding your prince. About recognizing, biology notwithstanding, the one who'll kiss you just right, who'll want to move your relationship on to higher levels, the one who is not loaded with a wife & children, or doesn't leave such vital information unspoken before heading for the sheets.

Never Kiss A Frog validates the old saw that many a true word is spoken in jest. Yes, there are giggles galore, there are also some ascerbic statements about the sorry state of dating!

Marilyn Anderson tells some stories, lists some symptoms & warning signs, & rollicks along the path to matrimony, maybe.

Never Kiss A Frog is an elegant little book, with delightful illustrations, & something to say.

Marilyn Anderson has written for several TV series, including Murphy Brown & FAME. She has also performed at The Improv & other New York comedy clubs.
(09/21/03)

Rebecca