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Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
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If you work, you’re neglectful; if you stay home, you’re smothering. If you discipline, you’re buying them a spot on the shrink’s couch; if you let them run wild, they will be into drugs by seventh grade. If you buy organic, you’re spending their college fund; if you don’t, you’re risking all sorts of allergies and illnesses.
Is it any wonder so many women refer to themselves at one time or another as “a bad mother”? Ayelet Waldman says it’s time for women to get over it and get on with it, in a book that is sure to spark the same level of controversy as her now legendary “Modern Love” piece, in which she confessed to loving her husband more than her children.
Covering topics as diverse as the hysteria of competitive parenting (Whose toddler can recite the planets in order from the sun?), the relentless pursuits of the Bad Mother police, balancing the work-family dynamic, and the bane of every mother’s existence (homework, that is), Bad Mother illuminates the anxieties that riddle motherhood today, while providing women with the encouragement they need to give themselves a break.
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Hm sounds like an interesting book. I have never heard about it before
ReplyDeleteLove the teaser. This book makes me glad I'm not a mom! But I'm pretty sure my own mother definitely hid my finger paints from time to time.
ReplyDeleteThat makes me glad I'm not a mother too. I freely admit I'm too selfish to be a mom right now. It looks interesting though!
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ReplyDeleteSounds like good read for mothers!
ReplyDeleteTeaser Tuesdays: Saving Cicadas by Nicole Seitz
Oh, wow! I haven't read this one, but I love this author!
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Very good teaser. Love it.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds good! We moms need to laugh at all the unrealistic expectations society shovels our way, not to mention those we heap upon ourselves. Why is this book considered controversial?
ReplyDeleteWonder what kind of mommy that would make me!! At times I was very patient while there were days when I didn't get any alone time so my fuse might have been a wee bit short...interesting teaser!
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