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Confessions of a scary mommy, by Jill Smokler

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Confessions of a scary mommy, by Jill Smokler

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Confessions of a scary mommy

Oclc number

754720362

Responsibility statement

by Jill Smokler

Summary

"Confessions of a Scary Mommy" is a collection of original essays that take an irreverent look at the underbelly of parenting--things most moms would never admit, but feel every day. Brutally honest and hysterically funny, Confessions will leave you feeling less alone in the sometimes overwhelming and exhausting world of motherhood. If you're already a fan, lock the bathroom door on your whining kids, run a bubble bath, and settle in. If you've not encountered Scary Mommy before, break out a glass of champagne as well, because you'll be toasting your initiation into a very select club. Chapters cover everything from husbands ("If he could be carried around in a Baby Bjorn all day, he would.") to other people's kids ("Other people's kids are just useless, bad influences who play no necessary role in our lives.") to PTA fundraisers ("It brings out the worst in people ... and who wants an overpriced roll of wrapping paper, anyway? How about something we actually want to buy? Alcohol, for instance.") Each chapter begins with the best anonymous confessions from Smokler's popular online Confessional. Whether you're a mom, a dad, a grandmother, a grandfather, an aunt, an uncle, a teacher, a godparent, or a teenager in need of birth control, "Confessions of a Scary Mommy "will be sure to leave you nodding your head in agreement and laughing out loud.--

Table Of Contents

Being a Scary Mommy -- The Scary Mommy manifesto -- THIS is supposed to be beautiful? -- Yes, you'll shit on the delivery table -- Are they really letting me take this thing home? -- Paying for the nine-month binge -- The name game -- The fur baby -- Subjectively revolting -- There are no sick days in motherhood -- Grilled cheese, squared -- The "perfect" picture -- The mommy club -- The biggest baby of all -- I like you best ... today -- I hate other people's kids (not yours, of course) -- This "vacation" sure is a lot of work -- Freedom of speech -- Birthday wars -- Searching for Mary Poppins -- The Xanax approach to parenting -- The twelve-foot-deep death trap (aka the pool) -- Didn't I already graduate? -- Girl, repeated -- The aching-ovary epidemic -- The mommy races -- More mommy confessions

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