Author Archives: Marie Estorge

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

A gaggle of teenagers stood in front of the Walnut Creek Cheesecake Factory as I slowly pulled past the crosswalk and parked. A boy in a varsity hoodie noticed my car and rushed over. “Uber?” he asked. I nodded. “Let me get my friends.” The kids parted as he walked a drunk girl to myContinue reading “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”

Hit and Run

“You have arrived,” said the Uber app voice. “Your destination is on the right.” The map on my iPhone showed only coordinates. No physical address. I craned my neck, looking up and down the dark sidewalk. This was the part of Uber’ing that stressed me the most: finding the address and passenger without getting rear-ended,Continue reading “Hit and Run”

I Am Woman!

By Marie Estorge Christmas is my favorite holiday of the year. I love the excessive displays of twinkling lights and tacky lawn ornaments, the colorful presents with their hidden gems, or not, the merriment and the parties, the traditional songs even though I’m not religious, homemade beignets with my sons, and the plaid-skirted tree decoratedContinue reading “I Am Woman!”

Marie the Elder

I turned the corner of the hospital corridor and looked at the patient in the room where I was expecting to see my former mother-in-law. The white-haired woman who lay swaddled in bedding, surrounded by IV bags and equipment looked too old and emaciated to be Marie. I asked at the nurse’s station where I could find Room 2012. She pointed to the frail lady across the hall.

Confessions of a Bipolar Mardi Gras Queen

It’s been thirteen years since the original, hardcover publication of CONFESSIONS OF A BIPOLAR MARDI GRAS QUEEN by Marie Etienne . Now, I’m thrilled to introduce the newly designed cover for the paperback edition. If you missed reading this follow-up memoir to Storkbites: A Memoir, now is your chance. The beautiful model for the coverContinue reading “Confessions of a Bipolar Mardi Gras Queen”

THEN THERE WAS LARRY

Alluvium Books is thrilled to announce the audiobook release of THEN THERE WAS LARRY, a memoir by Marie Estorge.   Marie is the bestselling author of Storkbites: A Memoir and Confessions of a Bipolar Mardi Gras Queen (penned under Marie Etienne) and her debut novel, In the Middle of Otherwise. THEN THERE WAS LARRY is a real-life cautionary tale ofContinue reading “THEN THERE WAS LARRY”

Twelve Questions for Marie Estorge

Amy Schorr asks Marie Estorge, author of IN THE MIDDLE OF OTHERWISE, 12 questions Amy: The title of your book IN THE MIDDLE OF OTHERWISE is quite intriguing. Would you please tell us about it? Marie: My day job is accounting and during a hectic financial close, my colleague said, “Here we are in theContinue reading “Twelve Questions for Marie Estorge”