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I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids: Reinventing Modern Motherhood

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By: Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile

Format: Paperback
From: Chronicle Books
Pub. Date: March 2007

Product Details:
Catalog: Book
Release Date: 2007-04-19
Media: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 240
Ean: 9780811856508
Isbn: 081185650X

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EDITORIAL REVIEW

"I don't know how she does it!" is an oft-heard refrain about mothers today. Funnily enough, most moms agree they have no idea how they get it done, or whether they even want the job. Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile spoke to mothers of every stripe working, stay-at-home, part-time and found a surprisingly similar trend in their interviews. After enthusing about her lucky life for twenty minutes, a mother would then break down and admit that her child's first word was "Shrek." As one mom put it, "Am I happy? The word that describes me best is challenged." Fresh from the front lines of modern motherhood comes a book that uncovers the guilty secrets of moms today . . . in their own words. I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids diagnoses the craziness and offers real solutions, so that mothers can step out of the madness and learn to love motherhood as much as they love their kids.

USER REVIEWS

"I couldn't have come upon this book at a better time. Frustrated by the daily routine and feeling alone working and managing a household with 2 kids, this book provided me with reassurance that I was not the only mother feeling this way. I typically don't have time to read books for pleasure but I couldn't put this one down. I recommend it to any mom (working or not) who needs a break and to know that she is not alone. Excellent book."
~ Written on 2008-10-12

"this is another by the same authors...also realy cute, short and sweet! You can tell they have experienced motherhood!"
~ Written on 2008-10-05

"I bought this book after hearing many friends say they loved it. But despite the claim on the cover that it's meant for both stay-at-home and working moms, as a working mom, I felt it didn't speak to me at all. I don't park my kids in front of the TV to have a regular 4:00 chat with a girlfriend. I don't worry about my loss of identity. I don't thrust my kids at my husband when he arrives home from work, because I am so sick of dealing with them. I have no criticism of any woman who does those things, because being a SAHM is hard, hard work. But there are very few examples in this book of similar things that working moms do, or the particular guilt triggers for us (seeing our kids for one waking hour per day, not making our own baby food, never being able to coordinate a fundraiser even if we wanted to). The title should be "I was a really good mom before I had kids and quit my job."

There's also nothing new here -- many books have covered this same territory. (See "Mother Shock: Loving Every (Other) Minute of It" for a much more insightful treatment.) And the book is very negative -- it made me feel depressed rather than reassured.

If there are moms out there who find this book helpful, more power to them. But I wouldn't recommend it to a working mom, particularly one who actually more or less likes her life the way it is."
~ Written on 2008-08-31

"This book is great, even if you're about to have your first or you've already got more than you can count! This book could give you just a small bit of piece of mind cause you are not alone:)"
~ Written on 2008-08-28

"this book was so much fun to read. it's good to know that i'm not the only one who feels crazy. and that we are all just human and we will make mistakes. "
~ Written on 2008-08-13