Motherhood Comes Naturally (and Other Vicious Lies)
“Get ready to ditch those Prada shoes (and anything else nice you own) and face reality--you haven't had a brutal boss until you've had a baby.Confessions of a Scary Mommyis hilariously, outrageously truthful about the hardest job I know. Put this book at the top of your diaper bag!” (Lauren Weisberger, New York Times bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada, on Confessions of a Scary Mommy)“Jill offers up the perfect antidote to overly earnest parenting guides. It's like comfort food for anxious moms, served with a side of snark.”(Cynthia Copeland, author of The Diaper Diaries and Really Important Stuff My Kids Have Taught Me, on Confessions of a Scary Mommy)“Jill has blown the lid off of what should and should not be said when discussing the experience of motherhood, using her sense of humor and the occasional “F-bomb” — and in doing so,Scary Mommy, has actually made motherhood a little bit less frightening… [Confessions of a Scary Mommy] dares to say the things most mothers have thought, but few have had the courage to admit.” (ABCnews.com on Confessions of a Scary Mommy)"Smokler’s “scary mommy” version of motherhood makes no apologies, which is precisely why it succeeds ... If motherhood is starting to feel like a story without a plot, my advice is to pretend you’re sick and lock yourself in the bathroom with this book. Highly recommended." (Library Journal on Confessions of a Scary Mommy)“Hilarious, brutal honesty about parenting.” (New York Times bestselling author Michael Ian Black on Confessions of a Scary Mommy)“Funny . . . speaks the truths about motherhood when other mothers aren’t willing to admit it.” (Parenting on Jill Smoker's Scary Mommy blog)“Any mother who doesn't stifle a million knowing laughs while reading Confessions of a Scary Mommy needs to make sure her funny bone wasn't accidentally sucked into the diaper genie.” (Julie Klam, New York Times bestselling author of You Had Me at Woof, on Confessions of a Scary Mommy)“It’s the same kind of honest, heartfelt wisdom that has lured thousands of readers to Smokler’s Scary Mommy blog and given untold numbers of parents the comforting knowledge that they’re not alone.” (Baltimore Magazine on Confessions of a Scary Mommy)“Thousands upon thousands of mothers grasp onto her every word.”—The Baltimore Sunon Jill Smokler’s groundbreaking blog"If you need an irreverent, hysterical and oftentimes too-close-for-comfort look at motherhood, you need Scary Mommy." (The Huffington Post)“If you haven’t been reading Jill Smokler’s Scary Mommy blog, you’re missing out on all sorts of confessional hilarity…[CONFESSIONS OF A SCARY MOMMY] is a quick and relatable read that will have you in stitches by the end (or right at the beginning)." (New York Family Magazine on Confessions of a Scary Mommy)