Bad mother
Subtitle: a chronicle of maternal crimes, minor calamities, and occasional moments of grace
By: by Ayelet Waldman
Publisher: Two Roads
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781444763157
Subjects: Motherhood; Humor
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.
Table of contents: title: Bad mother; title: The life she wanted for me; title: Free to be you and I; title: Breast is best; title: Tech support; title: Like a fish needs a bicycle; title: My mother-in-law, myself; title: Drawing a line; title: So ready to be the mother of a loser; title: Sexy witches and cereal boxes; title: Rocketship; title: A nose for bad news; title: To each his own mother; title: Legacy; title: Darling, I like you that way; title: Baby lust; title: The audacity of hope; title: The life I want for them.