Annette Langer shares a wide spectrum of topics based on her own life experiences, often poking good-natured fun at herself to make her point. Her stories offer readers inspiration, reflection, and pure entertainment, frequently employing humor to convey her message.
Her inspirational stories detail how she overcame a serious brain injury from a head-on automobile accident, breast cancer and many lesser illnesses and injuries and how she's been able to travel the world despite these periodic setbacks, visiting all seven continents. Whatever her topic, whatever her challenge (and yes, travel oftentimes can be a challenge), her optimistic stories illustrate how she has used humor to deal with the obstacle and how she prevailed.
Langer shows readers how they, too, can learn ways to overcome obstacles, focusing their energy on the positives life has provided. You're left with the realization that better times are indeed possible despite the setbacls.
Reader reviews of Annette Langer's full-length books, Healing through Humor: Change Your Focus, Change Your Life! and A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to the World: Diary of a Fearless Travel Agent appear below. Click here for detailed descriptions of each book, available in both print and e-book formats.
Her shorter works have appeared in several anthologies, including the Livermore Wine Country Literary Harvest; O'Brien's Literary Speculator Bright Beginnings; Voices of the Valley, First Press; and the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.
Originally from Chicago, she spent a rewarding career in a variety of Federal Government jobs from court reporter to office manager before taking an early retirement. She went back to school then, trained for her “life after,” and became a travel agent, work she enjoyed for many years. Needless to say, she didn’t have the typical writer background. But the attention to detail and the analytical, exploratory nature of her corporate world duties, combined with her life experiences as a cancer survivor, world traveler, and travel agent, have inspired the content of much of her writing.
Annette Langer now resides in the San Francisco Bay Area. She's an active member of the 100-year-old California Writers Club and when not pursuing her writing and speaking events, you'll find her keeping busy as a police volunteer with her local police department.
Healing through Humor: Change Your Focus, Change Your Life! has been praised by reviewers and readers alike for its humorous, yet insightful, common-sense approach to self-help and staying positive when facing obstacles and setbacks.
Reader Reviews:
Annette Langer provides a running string of humorous comments, based on her multiple and serious medical experiences, including many comical nuggets and examples of engaging self-denigration. The humor, however, is often couched with valuable tips and pointers that show readers, by example, how to effectively use a more humor-oriented mindset with various medical problems and setbacks to alleviate and overcome suffering. The commentary throughout is sprinkled with engaging asides that offer words of encouragement that provide a vivid sense of the author's life, her medical travails, and how she herself coped.
Writers Digest
Annette Langer's trials and tribulations will bring a tear to your eye as her ever-present positive outlook will bring a smile to your face. Read her book, learn from her, and you too will be healed through humor!
Allen Klein
Author and Past President of the Assn. for Applied and Therapeutic Humor
Langer's joy, grace, and zest for living despite her own challenges shine through on every page.
Kathy Cordova
Author
Langer's words are an art form used to paint her stories, drawing readers into a vivid world of warmth, humor, and healing. This is a must read!
Pat Goard
RN Practitioner
Langer is a survivor and will help you to be one too, providing a good laugh in the process.
Judy Hanneman
RN
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Annette Langer has created just the right "portable support group" a person needs to get through hard times with her easy-to-read, sometimes laugh-out-loud, book.
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A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to the World: Diary of a Fearless Travel Agent takes the reader along on Annette Langer's travels to all seven continents. Humor plays a prominent role in her stories once again, but she also details many unusual and, at times, sobering situations in which she's found herself. You'll shake your head over such bizarre experiences as being held hostage during a workers' strike in Tahiti or managing to sleep through an earthquake in Peru!
Reader Reviews:
Annette Langer's book is a must for readers who love to learn about our world. Her captivating tales about all seven continents include adventure, humor, priceless perspectives, and helpful travel tips. But be warned! The book may literally carry you away to other lands and inspire you to travel in her footsteps.
Jim Ott
Bay Area News Group Correspondent and Co-Host of Cable TV Literary Program In a Word
Langer's superior storytelling ability makes turning the pages of her book a joyous and engaging experience.
Joanne Giampa
Professor and Travel & Tourism Program Coordinator
An unabashed delight to read! Langer's stories are funny, scary, and heartwarming with an innocence that even a seasoned traveler experiences at times.
Mona Dawson
Travel Agency Projects Coordinator
Langer has captured the essence of being a good traveler in a world of unfamiliar customs and traditions. You're sure to enjoy this book from cover to cover.
Marji Miloro
Travel Agency Owner
Langer's adventures keep you laughing at times and shaking your head at others. This is a must read for anyone who loves to travel or just explore the world from the safety of an easy chair.
Lynette Pierce
Author
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Whether you are an armchair traveler or an experienced explorer, Annette Langer's book offers something for everyone.
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