Stumbling into Motherhood!
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I wouldn't say this book is especially useful but it does provide reassurance that there are days (and plenty of them) when you don't feel like part of the human race; that being half dressed is yesterday's clothes, having baby goo down both shoulders, not having brushed your hair for days and generally feeling like a zombie is part of the deal. It's light hearted approach is a welcome relief from more stearn "this is how to bring up baby" books. Worth a read and then pass it on.
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Frank, poignant, and funny
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I have to read this book in bite-size chunks because otherwise I'll finish it too quickly. It is beautifully written and is the perfect foil to all those trying-too-hard-to-be-funny books on motherhood. This is the truth, plain and simple, and for that it is both gentle and shocking, funny and moving.
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stark empathy
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I laughed so much that it reminded me what stress incontinence was all about. A book for mothers that it so well written, even fathers will like it.
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Brash, Honest, Eye-Opening View of Motherhood
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Enright combines the immediacy of diary writing with a novelist's eye for details, metaphor and epiphany to create a startling portrait of pregnancy and motherhood--the pain, the risk, the doubt, the confusion, and then the joy and the fear. Not for would-be Moms who only want the good news. And it's suprisingly funny. My other favorite book about parenting is "I Sleep At Red Lights: A True Story of Life After Triplets," by Bruce Stockler, an American Dad's account of the chaos of being a primary caregiver, and an honest portrayal of the difficulties of marriage. An equally original but lesser known book that is well worth finding.
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