Ann Ipock

The books

The Life Is Short books

Ann’s books grew out of the same thing that powered her shoe-store days, her columns, and her stage work: talking to people, spotting the absurdity, and telling the truth with a grin.

Latest available
Cover of Life Is Short, Pack Your Bags Now! by Ann Ipock

Pack Your Bags Now!

Her latest available title — a suitcase stamped with flags and tangents, proof that life is short but very, very wide. Pack accordingly.

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Reader favorite
Cover of Life Is Short, I Wish I Was Taller by Ann Ipock

I Wish I Was Taller

2010

The book that completes the trilogy — equal parts hilarious and, in the very next breath, quietly poignant.

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Cover of Life Is Short, So Read This Fast! by Ann Ipock

So Read This Fast!

2006

More wit at full tilt — polka dots, vintage cars, and the everyday absurdities Ann attracts like a magnet.

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Where it began
Cover of Life Is Short, But It's Wide by Ann Ipock

But It's Wide

2003

The one that started it all — blue-sky Southern life with arms wide open. Dinner-party disasters, gardening dilemmas, and the gloriously imperfect business of living.

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Debut
Cover of What Was It I Was Saying? by Ann Ipock

What Was It I Was Saying?

1999

Ann’s debut collection — the gray retro-lady cover, the yellow butterfly, and the first batch of ruminations that started readers asking for more.

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Coming next

New book in progress

Ann is working on her newest book now, and the title is still being fussed over — which, frankly, sounds like Ann.

Direct ordering note

Signed copies are worth waiting for.

Ann is getting direct ordering settled before taking new signed-copy requests. For now, browse the Amazon listings or send a general note with questions.

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Amazon stays available as the public listing page while Ann gets direct ordering ready.

Ann Ipock’s writing is at once hilarious, and in the next breath, poignant.
Dorothea Benton FrankNew York Times best-selling author
Ann Ipock has a gentle comic style and matter-of-fact domestic vision that keeps the reader smiling.
William P. BaldwinAuthor of Mrs. Whaley and Her Charleston Garden

Where to find them

The available titles are published by Goody 2 Shoes Publishing. Signed-copy ordering will open soon; Amazon listings stay available for now.