La Cart: Secret Lives of Grocery Shoppers Book

A comic original in the tradition of Tracey ullman and lily Tomlinâ??with cindy Shermanâ??s eyeâ?? Hillary carlip creates americaâ??s most unforgettable grocery shoppers. Itâ??s happened to all of usâ??we find, tucked away in the corner of our shopping cart, someoneâ??s discarded grocery list. It first happened to Hillary Carlip when she was a teenager, and sheâ??s been wondering to whom the lists belonged ever since. Whoâ??s the person buying â??Leche, Panpers, and Chanpuâ?? Or â??Whole milk, heavy cream, Ice cream, cheese, and Gas-Ex (!!!)â?? Why would someone need to write down â??Coors and Oreosâ? on a matchbook coverâ??couldnâ??t he just remember those two items? And whatâ??s the person like who scrawled their list on a PROZAC notepad? Taking her clues from the items listed, the types of paper written on, the handwriting, and even misspellings (â??Aunt Sprayâ?), Hillary saw that each listâ??at once mundane and personalâ??offered an intimate peek into a complete strangerâ??s life. She picked twenty-six lists and imagined who the shoppers might be. She next transformed herself into all twenty-six people, one by one, literally stepping into each characterâ??all ages, genders, and ethnicitiesâ??with hair, make-up, outfits, and one Fu Manchu. Photographer Barbara Green then captured unforgettable images of Hillary portraying these shoppers at their neighborhood markets. Hillary came to love these characters, so her accompanying stories for each are as poignant and hilarious as the photographs. She brings to life richly imagined inner worlds, including one for macho Woody, a self-described â??Ladyâ??s Man with NO BANKRUPTCIES ready to meet just one Special Lady with NO KIDS.â? After getting to know these grocery shoppers through Miss Carlipâ??s dedicated voyeurism, going to the market will never be the same. Read More