August 21, 2012 10:15 pm NOTE: ”Kevin Dickson,” the writer of DonCaro’s book is given a very small notation on the front cover of this book. Attempts at finding more info re Kevin Dickson were unsuccessful.
It Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced today a deal to publish LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, the first book by breakout star and fan favorite Caroline Manzo of Bravo’s Real Housewives of New Jersey.
Lisa Sharkey, Senior Vice President and Director of Creative Development at HarperCollins negotiated the deal with Steve Fisher, Vice President at talent and media firm, APA. Amy Bendell will edit the book for the It Books imprint. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING is scheduled for publication on March 26, 2013.
“Let me tell you something about my family,” – those infamous words say it all. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING will be rules and lessons on creating a happy and fulfilling life from the tell-it-like-it-is, no-nonsense reality star. Manzo, devoted wife and mother of three, will reveal how she has achieved a life that so many viewers admire – a stable family, a close relationship with her children, a strong marriage, and a firm belief in loyalty to her friends.
“If you told me 10 years ago that I’d be writing a book, I wouldn’t have believed you. But ever since the show, fans are always asking me for advice. They want to know my take on things – on family, friendship, love – so I decided to put it all on paper.”
“In the dramatic story lines of the New Jersey housewives, Caroline Manzo has become the voice of reason,” says Sharkey. “She cuts through the noise with her tact, wisdom, and perspective. And we can’t wait to publish her first book.”
Manzo is the mother of three children, Albie, 26; Lauren, 24; and Christopher, 23, and has been married more than 27 years to her husband, Albert. Albert runs The Brownstone, a very successful catering facility in Paterson, NJ. The business has been with the family for over 30 years and is one of the premiere event spaces in the state.
She can be found online at www.carolinemanzo.com and www.twitter.com/CarolineManzo where she has almost half a million followers. NOTE: Obviously, Harper Collins is satisfied that based on DonCaro’s followers, her book will be a best seller! Guess we’ll all have to wait until March 2013…
(Thanks to SH reader “BC”!!)
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I just sent my 2 cents to Harper Collins. Not that they’ll listen. I wonder if she got an advance.
I am sure she got an advance……but I highly doubt Harper will get their money’s worth from her book sales. Although Chuckie is disgusting…..she still has a fanbase (must of which don’t have access to the internet).
I predict Caroline will bring one or all of her kids and hubby to most of her book signings to garner crowds. That will be the only way she will draw massive attention to her events, because Albie (especially) has a nice fanbase as he is the only likeable one amongst her rude and vile children. While Teresa can ride solo and does not need to bring an entourage….Caroline will HAVE TO in order to get any sucess with her stupid book. Didn’t you notice they usually promote sluge water as a pack. ALways Caroline and Jacqueline and the whole pack of wolves on most promotions. The Manzo’s can’t stand alone……unlike Teresa. They are banking on the fact that if they all come….they have a chance to counteract all the negativity amongst certain members of the click.
Your absolutley right. I met Teresa last night at Posche for her book and wine signing. She was actually pretty nice. Down to earth and didn’t act like her shit don’t stink. Wasn’t rushed at all and took the time with her fans takin’ pictures and signing. No entourage at all. Just her friends with her.. of course Kim D. popping her wine every five mins. It was kinda cool. And up close T is really pretty. Didn’t talk like a dope at all. It’s amazing all the editing and crap you see on this show. It really doesn’t do her justice. Well that’s my two cents for the day. Back to work, I’m on the clock.
Kevin Dickson (the actual writer) didn’t even have the honor of having his name next to Chuckies. HIs name is way at the bottom…..far far away from the self proclaimed “breakout star” of NJ housewives.
Everytime i read “street smart business woman”……i start laughing hysterically. Oh Chuckie……stick to shaving ur face and picking up ham from the floor left over from ur kids playdates.
I can’t stop laughing at your comment, I can barely type I’m laughing so hard LMAO
It was a pleasure to use the link you supplied. I gave Harper Collins an earful, especially how I would never feel compelled to take advice from a woman who is portrayed as constantly angry, bitter and spiteful, especially ANY advice on raising children. I prefer to raise my sons to be self-sufficient and educated.
Good for you! Love your screen name, BTW. It makes me think of Santa Claus. Or the Jolly Green Giant. Either way, it makes me smile.
Hey Barb, Amazon has already dropped the price since it’s debut for preorders from 25 bucks for hardcover and kindle to 16.46 for hardcover and 11.00 for kindle. Looks like nobody is preordering and it probably isn’t helping that people are already leaving comments about Darling Carolyn and her crappola advice book.
I liked the tag “Angry Chuckie”. Reminds me of an episode on Two and a Half Men where Berta’s daughter was giving birth and Alan and Charlie were freaking out, and Berta said to them:
“What? You’ve never seen an angry one before?!”
Soon Amazon will have it on their free book list for the Kindle…..
She needs to dress her age. Those hoop earrings are for someone much younger. And those tight jeans and high boots are NOT for someone in their 50s!!
The title should be HOW TO BE A BULLY
Totally agreed LOL…or maybe how to be a drama queen ?
or “How to pretend to know everything”
DonCaro wisdom probably comes from years watching Dr Phil, Oprah…pretty much the same speech.
Let Me Tell You How to….buy college textbooks so you can walk your eldest child through Fordham U
Let Me Tell You How to….call your daughter an a-hole on television
Let Me Tell You How Not to Talk to Various Fambly Members…..
Let Me Tell You How to Shave Your Face….
“let me tell you how to shave your face”
LMAO!!!
HAHAHAHA!
Let me tell you how to dye your hair to look like a pscho killer puppet.
I think she’s one of these people thats bored with their own life & needs to act out or stick their nose into someone elses’ (Tre’s) business because she doesn’t know what else to do with her time.
That Carowhine is so delusional that she believes her own press releases.
Most of those types do. Don’t think they have much else to believe in. I get the impression that her husband works a lot of hours , her kids are grown (sort of) so…
I wouldn’t download this if they offered it FREE
me too
Me either yuck!!
We are in complete agreement on this one Antonella!
Has anyone else noticed how tame her blogs have become on Bravo. Short sweet, no substance. Makes sense now as she pissed a good chunk of the viewers off and now is back pedaling. WWHL on Sunday is going to be interesting to say the least.
Carowhine trying to back peddle:
That would be just what Caro would look like on a bike, if she was thinner and prettier! lol
AnaCephaly did you really have to post this video of Melissa without any makeup on
OMG KiKi best comment lol!!!!
Yup and yup!! It must kill her to not spew hatred towards Teresa in the last few blogs. I don’t think she has the guts to go at Teresa one on one- her little evil sidekicks won’t be there
What I really want to know is…Who are these “Fans” that are anxiously awaiting the:
Toaster Oven Cookbook by Sonja (and her ghost writer)
Beauty Book by Jax (and who knows….Jack Daniels, maybe?)
and last but certainly not least, An Advice Book by Carowine Manzon (and her ghost writer)
This is such BS!
Bravo BS at it’s worst. One look at Jac’s face and who would buy a beauty book from her? Honestly she looks like a botoxed horse. Caroline is a mean,small minded woman who always needs a hate target. I hope her book tanks big time.
Yup. I couldn’t blame her for hating Danielle the first season, but come to find out it’s not just D is it?
I think she should just stick to the time magazine cover she will sell more issues.
HAHAHAHAHA…now that was ART damn it. She would sell much copies…It’s a very interesting cover.
LMAO!! Didn’t Jill Zarin think that “Her Fans” wanted her and her mothers, etc advice, with her book?? Remember what happened to THAT??
Anyway, Good Luck with this Caroline and your ” cowriter/ghostwriter” cough cough..
I know wouldn’t be taking advice from a woman that humilated their daughter on national tv, bullied women on national tv. Doesn’t speak to have or more than her siblings..Oh My the list goes on…
Not to mention her and her sister in law, verbally abusing and imprisoning a young girl in a basement until she was to the point of tears.
I hope Caroline is as sucessful as Jill, you know these two deserve each other.
Ya, I can’t stand Jill, but at least she apologized at her reunion, I doubt Caro ever will, or will ever own up to her B.S.
Being a perpetually right individual myself, I found this video helpful on the rare occasions I have to “eggmit” when I am wrong.
Oh boy I can’t wait! I’ve been dying to ask her how at 50 she can still produce breast milk for her 3 tittie babies. And how does she keep that permanent frown on her jowly face, and lastly how come her shit don’t stink?
Hahahaha….seems like Criteffur has been drinking all those milks, since he has been gaining mucho weights…then again, winter is near…he is gonna need that in Jersey.
Yes, and no talk of him needing a LAP band either, did you notice? Speaking of weight gain, has anyone looked closely at the picture of Lauren and her friends at the shore? You have to look closely to see which one is Lauren, she has lost so much weight. It looks like A LOT more than 30 pounds, so for some reason, they are keeping her real total pounds lost under the table. Probably wanting to do some big reveal at the reunion.
OMG Mouth of the South I love that post. Great questions. I from Louisiana, where r u from?
Her shit doesn’t smell because she bought all the poop pah from QVC…LOL
Has anyone ever seen anyone ASKING DonCaro for advice? (excluding her 3 “tittie babies”) LOL MouthoftheSouth!! So funny. In fact, I remember hearing several cast members say that DonCaro gives advice whether they want it or not. Ugh, I don’t know how any of the suck ups this season can put up with her unsolicited advice/orders, especially since she is a total hypocrite and is the most jacked up one of all. Um, note to the publisher: If people didn’t want to listen to her free radio advice, what makes you think people will actually want to pay for it? Just wondering.
Maybe if they keep saying she’s a fan favorite, it might be true…doubt it. Caroline should take advance orders for her book on Tre’s cruise and Melissa can sing and Kathy can cook muffins and Jax can drink and Chris can do his business trips…
I will not be reading this book. Let me tell you something, Chuckie, you raised three kids that have no direction or purpose in life. If they are doing this poorly after the exposure and promotion from being on reality tv, what would they be doing without it? Nothing.
Yes people are desperate for her advice. Just look at her wildly succesful radio show- oh wait that was a dull,boring failure. Although I’m sure she believes she chose to drop that show because she didn’t get enough respect.
I secretly hope one of the many siblings who don’t speak to her show up at a book signing and accuse her of stealing advice a la our passive aggressive bug eyed Kathy.
Now that you mention it, she does remind ya of Rodney Dangerfield’s tagline a bit!
Ah! Now you made me go and bust out Rappin’ Rodney:
I never saw that video before. I cannot stop laughing. Judging by Caroline’s failing looks she is actually starting to look a bit like Rodney.But I found myself wondering what made Rodney think dipping his toes into rapping would be a good idea. Then I realized that despite it being gloriously ridiculous it was probably a far better idea than Carowhine’s book, Cafface, Melissa’s singing career, Kathy’s red velvet cosmo, and good ol black water.
It will Pre-sell a million copies. Yeah, and Tareq Salahi will be the next Governor of Virginia. These people are delusional.
Odd that they never have anyone around them willing to tell them the truth. You can’t be that tight with people if their not willing to give you a true picture of yourself. & it’s funny because you know their wanting Tre to face the facts about “Juicy ” (not!) is based on envy & trying to protect their vanity , not concern about Tre. These types never realize the same people who smile to their faces while insulting Tre are the same ones that will do that to them when the wind changes direction a little.
I sent this mail to them. Not that they will listen, but stated my mind anyway
I would never buy a book written about her or by her. It’s insulting to my intelligence to name her “the voice of reason”. She clearly is not and you notice it very easily by watching RHONJ
I am sorry to tell you this book will be a losing project for you
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Hi Solveig…we are neighbour…greeting from Denmark !
I’m not to far away in Belgium!
Hello Europe
(sorry if it seems like I have 2 accounts, but it logs in different on my iPhone and mac…
“Let Me Tell You Something” – even the title is derogatory! Her strong-arm tactics, bullying behavior and sour puss attitude show through even in the title of her book.
Yep – it’s an in your face way of speaking.
Will she bring Albie to all her book signings?
With the large % Bravo gets from this money maker ( LMAO) they might be able to buy the production staff lunch ! Does anyone really think by March that somehow anyone will:
a) Forget everything we ever saw and heard and find the leader of the Insane Clown Posse somehow more endearing and worth listening to for advice?( OMG thunder and lightning just struck over my home as I typed that ! )
b) That anyone with a brain would basically throw their money out the window to support the ideal embodiment of a dysfunctional family matriarch.
Is that why she agreed to be on WWHL with Teresa, so she can appease viewers…If i were Teresa i would come up with a bad cold…or break juicy joe’s leg that day, and send him to the hospital. Hey Juicy you gotta take one for the team. That harper collins email should be paraded on twitter, and people should tell them how they feel about CACAWHINE…WOW…she needs Teresa to sell books too…damn Tree
So are they going to be sitting next to each other or 2 separate interviews?? I couldn’t tell from the promo.
If side-by-side, I hope Tre flips DonCaro’s chair!
I thought WWHL is off until September something, I know Andy is on Vacay.
I think this WWHL is NOT LIVE.. I think it’s just special , with clips of when Caroline and Teresa have been on talking about each other. I think they are showing this because the get into it on this up coming episode..
I think Bravo is fanning the flames for the Croline and Teresa freakin war for the reunion coming up.. I swear, I’m rellyy getting tired of this bs, with Bravo seriously!!!
Totally agree. They are milking this editing and it’s not cool to do to the viewers. We can leave just as easily as we arrived. With the click of a button.
I have an idea, if you have a twitter account, let’s start asking cacawhine for advice…since she’s been getting questions….Me first…My first question is DO YOU USE BLK FOR DOUCHING OR AS AN ENEMA?
LMAO… I just choked on my smoothie!
Thanks for posting email link. I sent them an email asking how could they publish a book by a woman who is trying to destroy a family. This woman has no right to give advice; she is vile and hateful.
The only way she can sell this book is to promote Teresa in a negative light. She is completely irrelevant without her. I for one have heard enough of her pearls of wisdom.
So true. Teresa is the only reason this show still exists. Without Teresa, the others would have no purpose in life. None of them have a life now. I’m still not crazy about Danielle but at least with her what you see is what you get. Caroline, on the other hand, is just a big fat phoney baloney.
Maybe even she realizes it & that’s why she clings to the insults. No other purpose, just the boring old “I’m Al’s wife , we own the Brownstone.” stuff.
Chuckie has nearly a half million twitter followers. That’s pretty good in all honesty. And I’m shocked.
Well, may be that is her fan base she used to sell to the publisher. Hey, I have 500,000 followers. Just think how many of them will buy the book.
Well, the marketplace will show.
DONCARO is a phony. A lot of phonies have sold a lot of books.
A lot of people watch videos of car accidents as well. Can’t help themselves.
Haha! Good point!
I know everyone has their fanbase but Caroline understand this..I wouldn’t accept your book if they were giving them away with flu shots, why would I take advice from a horrible woman like you, you are not the arbitor of anything near decent from what I have seen, your grown children are utterly despicable and not cute at all, they act and talk like morons, I have watched you tear down a woman whom you’ve blamed for your feud with Dina, aligned yourself with her own blood relatives to wipe her out, manufactured some drama to reinforce your dislike for this person. I don’t even like to look at your face Caroline and I no longer watch RHONY because of you.
I am glad to know everyone else sees through this norteen old horrible mother. Seriously how can someone who raised that garbage give parenting advice?
I wander who she will b hating on next season? MeHo? Kathy? U can bet if Tre leaves that bitter hateful vile witch will b hating on and bullying someone.
I think she will turn on the skank whore Melissa and then Katty Kathy will take Carowhine’s side against her cousin-in-law ‘cuz that’s just how she rolls.