My mom gave me this book as a gift last year, appealing to my interest in grammar (line forms here, boys). In the intervening year and a half, I happened to actually become a copy-editor, so now the book was relevant to my industry as well. I loved every page of this book, from the nit-picky grammatical details to the amusing anecdotes. I was worried it might be stodgy, but it was anything but. Norris sees the copy-editor's purpose as to bring out the unfettered voice of the writer, changing only what makes the prose clearer and more understandable for the reader. She is a charming writer herself, and as a bonus, she swears like a longshore(wo)man.