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Peggy Rowe is at it again - this time giving a hilarious inside look at growing up Rowe, both before and after Mike's rise to fame.

While the book isn't officially available until April 14, some pre-release, autographed copies of About Your Father and Other Celebrities I Have Known: Ruminations and Revelations from a Desperate Mother to Her Dirty Son can be ordered here.

Mike describes About Your Father as "a heartwarming book that's going to make the country smile."

Since the day they said, "I do," Peggy's previous "doting" lifestyle met with her husbandJohn'sminimalistways and became the backdrop for years of adventure and a quirky sense of humorbecauseof their differences. From thoughts of wearing headlamps in the house to save energy, to squeezing out the last drop of toothpaste with a workbench vise, Peggy learned to pick her battles and celebrate the hilarity in each situation.

Once their boys were born, woodstove mishaps and garbage dumping tales were the seed for Mike's obsession with doing dirty jobs and the comical presence he is known for today.

As Mike rose to fame, Peggy was his biggest fan - who gave motherly advice and constructive criticism, of course. She baked cookies for Mike to take to Joan Rivers for a Christmas party hostess gift, and even wrote fan letters under faux names and mailed them from different cities to Mike's producer.

By the time Mike hits it big, Peggy and John retire to face more adventures, with a lightning strike in their condo, an elderly friend who ate marijuana leaves, and entering into celebrity status by making Viva paper towel and Lee jeans commercials, plus so much more.

Peggy's stories relive the details that intrigue and entertain old and new fans alike. So if you want a bigger, even funnier take on the Rowe family,About Your Father and Other Celebrities I Have Knowndelivers.

This is Peggy's second book. In 2018, she penned About Your Mother: True Stories of a Horse-Crazy Daughter and Her Baseball-Obsessed Mother: A Memoir - at the age of 80. It hit The New York Times' Bestseller List

"It took me 80 years to find my voice," she says, "And now I can't shut it up!" Her Facebook blog has attracted over 100,000 followers. She and her husband of 60 years are former schoolteachers and live in Baltimore, Maryland.

She will serve as one of the keynoters at the Oct. 29-31 Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop.

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