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In Emmy Award-winning writer and producer Jessi Klein's second collection, she hilariously explodes the cultural myths and impossible expectations around motherhood and explores the humiliations, poignancies, and possibilities of midlife. Klein explores this stage of life in all its cruel ironies, joyous moments, and bittersweetness.
The best-selling author and Emmy Award-winning writer and producer hilariously destroys the cultural myths and impossible...
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During an afternoon of coffee and conversation, a friend of Erin McHugh's pointed out that she frequently invoked quotations and memories from her mother. Then Erin started noticing how many other people did the same. It also became clear how humorous, moving, and unusual these gems were so she decided to do something about it. In Like My Mother Always Said, McHugh, author of the successful Abrams Image feel-good title One Good Deed, collects the...
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"If you don't have anything nice to say about motherhood, then... read this book. Robin O'Bryant offers a no holds barred look at the day to day life of being a mother to three, running a household and the everyday monotony of parenting. It's not always pretty but it's real. Whether she's stuffing cabbage in her bra... dealing with defiant yet determined daughters... yelling at the F.B.I... or explaining the birds and the bees to her preschooler......
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Will a little warm milk really help you go to sleep? (Yes-although cold milk works just as well.) Does turning a light off for a few minutes actually use more energy than it saves? (No.) Is chicken soup the best cure for the common cold? (Not clear, but it certainly helps.) If you pick up a baby every time she cries, will she get spoiled? (No, babies need all the love they can get!) Your mother should know . . . but does she? Here is the book that...
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Motherhood can be the toughest – and funniest – job you'll ever have. Raising kids is hard work, but humor can make the journey a little easier - even if you just have to laugh to keep from crying. In The Motherhood Diaries 2, National Bestselling Author, ReShonda Tate Billingsley, uses personal anecdotes from her zoo - formerly known as a family - to show how humor helps her navigate the minefield of motherhood. This laugh-out-loud read portrays...
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The mother-daughter dance is a familiar waltz filled with ups and downs, twists, dips, and twirls. The only question is who's in the lead? The most beloved mother-daughter duo is back with a brand-new comic take on the difficult, wonderful, one-of-a-kind relationship between neurotic daughter Cathy and her caring, comforting, slightly interfering mother. Insightful observations, amusing advice, and comical proclamations are paired with Cathy...
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Follow the adventures of Charlie, an urban three-year-old on the fast track, and his slow-track mommy. In this hilarious volume, Charlie gets a haircut like Sting's, runs up a tab at a baseball game, and prefers the garlic press to any of his expensive "educational" toys. Charlie is a kid learning to be a consumer. His mommy reveals important secrets, like which stroller is "in," which is the "right" playgroup, and how to throw a fabulous fourth birthday...
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No Pun Intended by Will Livingston is a delightful book that is sure to tickle the funny bone of any reader. This book is a collection of hilarious puns, wordplays, and witty jokes that will leave you laughing out loud.
Whether you're looking for a great gift for Mother's Day or Teacher Appreciation Day, No Pun Intended is the perfect choice. It's a fun and entertaining read that will brighten anyone's day and bring a smile to their face.
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As an only child growing up in the 1970s, Leslie Bilodeau Placzek (aka "Zazoo Plazz") read, wrote, and wondered about many things: "French" words (from her "Bilodeau" French heritage), TV commercials (and all things pop culture), astrology, yoga, baked beans, what the neighbors were up to, where our souls go when we die, and how to improve upon her mother's cleaning techniques. Motivated by learning and serving others, Leslie hops from one inflated...
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Many women have been there: juggling motherhood, a job, volunteer work, and chauffeuring kids to school and sports practices (a job in itself); it's enough to send anyone running for the hills. In Here's What I Need You to Know, wife and mother Shari Franklin shares her own experiences with candor, sincerity, and wit. From last-minute school projects to college applications to marriage frustrations, from insecurity to hilarity to acceptance, this...
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Motherhood is not what it used to be, as more moms than ever before are having children later on in life.This is the must-have book for all moms who had a child after the age of 35-a group the medical profession not-so-kindly calls-'advanced maternal age.' Sharon O'Donnell writes about the humorous and poignant stories of having a child at 38 and how she discovered that breastfeeding and AARP membership aren't really all that far apart. Sharon says...
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Three books of timeless wit and heart from celebrated humorist Erma Bombeck If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? is Erma Bombeck's timelessly witty look at the hidden side of married life. Motherhood captures one of the toughest jobs on earth with humor and heart. And The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank is Bombeck's take on the unforgiving frontier of American suburbia.
17) Life in Pieces
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Dear 2020 — can we just start over? Dawn O'Porter has been thinking about life. In lockdown. Mostly from a cupboard. From reflections on grief and identity, bad hair and parenting, sleep and spirituality, to the things we can control and the things we cannot, Dawn's daily diaries track the journey — for a hilarious, heartbreaking and highly entertaining glimpse into the new normal. LIFE IN PIECES is a book for anyone who's been thrown into a life...
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Learn how to be the funniest, most wisecracking mom around!
Mom, does your family drive you crazy? Do you enjoy complaining to your girlfriends about your husband and your in-laws? Do you need some inspiration for how to respond to your kids' whining and begging? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this book is for you!
This comedic collection of witty one-liners and sarcastic retorts is for any mom in need of a good laugh and some...
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Southern women are inundated with rules starting early-from always wearing sensible shoes to never talking about death to the dying, and certainly not relying on song lyrics for marriage therapy.
Nevertheless, Katherine Snow Smith keeps doing things like falling off her high heels onto President Barack Obama, gaining dubious status as the middle school "lice mom," and finding confirmation in the lyrics of Miranda Lambert after her twenty-four-year...
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Tales from the Crib will make all parental units feel better about themselves-no vegetables required.
Let's be honest. Nobody wants to sit next to that chipper mom at playgroup who knows everything. Please. You want to plop down by the mom who's just as clueless and cranky as you are and have a good, hearty, conspiratorial laugh together. Because that mom gets it. That mom makes you feel better. That mom isn't afraid to admit that chicken nuggets...
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