| Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace Contributor(s): Waldman, Ayelet (Author) |
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ISBN: 076793069X ISBN-13: 9780767930697 Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships | Parenting - Motherhood - Humor | Topic - Marriage & Family |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.22" W x 7.98" (0.54 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In our mothers' day there were good mothers, indifferent mothers, and occasionally, great mothers. Today we have only Bad Mothers: 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. Is it any wonder so many women refer to themselves at one time or another as a "bad mother"? Writing with remarkable candor, and dispensing much hilarious and helpful advice along the way--Is breast best? What should you do when your daughter dresses up as a "ho" for Halloween?--Ayelet Waldman says it's time for women to get over it and get on with it in this wry, unflinchingly honest, and always insightful memoir on modern motherhood. |