With humor and poignancy, Bess Kalb gives us proof of the special bond that can skip a generation and endure beyond death. I swear on your life every word of this is true. If the earth is cracking behind you, you put one foot in front of the other. In Nobody Will Tell You This But Me, Bobby reminds Bess of the experiences they shared, and she delivers-in phone calls, texts, and unforgettable heart-to-hearts brought vividly to the page-her signature wisdom: Her grandma Bobby was with her all the way-she was the light of Bess's childhood and her fiercest supporter, giving Bess unequivocal love, even if sometimes of the toughest kind. Then there's Bess, who grew up in New York and entered the rough-and-tumble world of L.A. There's Bobby's mother, who traveled solo from Belarus to America in the 1880s to escape the pogroms, and Bess's mother, a 1970s rebel who always fought against convention. Recounting both family lore and family secrets, Bobby brings us four generations of indomitable women and the men who loved them. But in this debut memoir, Bobby is speaking to Bess once more, in a voice as passionate as it ever was in life.

Bobby was a force-irrepressible, glamorous, unapologetically opinionated.

'Comic lines as good as in any movie, and pathos as deep as in any novel' -Mike Birbigliaīess Kalb, Emmy-nominated TV writer and New Yorker contributor, saved every voicemail her grandmother Bobby Bell ever left her. 'When I stop crying, I'm calling my mother immediately and making her read it.' -Jodi Picoult

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