Confessions & Cocktails: A Humorous Holiday Memoir with Sassy Drink Recipes

Vicki Lesage’s latest in a collection of confessional memoirs is Christmas Confessions & Cocktails: A Humorous Holiday Memoir with Sassy Drink Recipes. The Missouri native now lives in Paris and chronicled her holiday adventures in this set of humorous essays and themed cocktails geared toward women.

Some of the stories are repeated from her previous collections, and some are new. The book is divided into sections including “Will Work for Food”, “Have Holiday Cheer, Will Travel” and “The Holiday Blues”.

Lesage’s essays are relatable and entertaining. Her family members almost seem familiar, like a typical Midwestern family.

While the book has an obvious self-proclaimed party girl theme, the family bond she describes is a strong theme as well. Humor is the backbone of the collection, and it is a quick and easy read. The essays are enjoyable, but some of the essays are definitely forced into the holiday theme.

Overall, the thirty-something party girl (or former party girl) audience will enjoy and relate to the stories in this book. And each story has a cocktail recipe if you’re feeling adventurous. It would be a great book to take along on your own holiday travels. It's a light-hearted holiday read to relieve some the stress that can come with the holiday season.

Some of Lesage’s other books include Confessions of a Paris Party Girl, Confessions of a Paris Potty Trainer and Petite Confessions. Her essays have also been included in a few anthology collections.

Christmas & Cocktails: A Humorous Holiday Memoir with Sassy Drink Recipes was published in July 2015 by Party Girl Press using Create Space. It is available in both Kindle ($4.99) and paperback ($10.99) formats on Amazon.

You can view Lesage’s Amazon author page at here.

Rating: 3/5

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