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Summary: Strand me on island with this book, please!
Review: An excellent compendium of thoughts from the mothers who are giving birth to children these days. Some of them are not mothers and don't have children, and some are not demonstrably thinking, but it's the think that counts when it comes to mothers who. If it's not BY mothers who think, it's ABOUT them, those curious creatures. Salon is a great magazine, though I was surprised they didn't include the classic "Mothers Who Think Twice!" Filler essay by Polly Esther from Suck.com, who also contributes to Salon under a pseudonym. T-shirts all round, I say.
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Summary: A must read for mothers...and fathers as well.
Review: As I read this thoroughly enjoyable book, I laughed, cried, sighed, cringed, and chuckled. Each essay gave me a look into how motherhood affects one's life and how one's life circumstances can impact the parenting experience. I may have identified with some authors more than others, but all had meaningful stories to tell. Don't miss reading this book! I've already given it twice to friends and probably will do so again.
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Summary: As good as the magazine
Review: Great stories, great insight. If you like the feature on Salon.com, you'll love this. If you haven't seen it on Salon, where have you been?
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Summary: If you have kids, you should read it!!
Review: I bought this book to hear a variety of voices on the topic of motherhood. With a fussy, incredibly needy baby of my own, the idea of reading sugar coated tales of motherhood repulsed me. What a FIND this book turned out to be!! Filled with stories from all walks of life, this book captures the highs and lows of motherhood with humor and tenderness. Full of Laugh-out-loud moments, muy husband had me reading out loud so we could laugh about running out of diapers and 5 am wake up calls together. A great read that I turn to often for my short story fix.
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Summary: Orwell's "Groupthink" is more like it.
Review: I cam across this book by accident, when my wife brought it home after getting it from a (male) colleague. I've never had much respect for Salon--part of it, I imagine, is being a conservative, but at least a magazine like "The Nation" features good writing from thoughtful people. Salon is not nearly as discriminating, and the "Mothers Who Think" column strikes me as the worst writing I have read in a long time.Leaving aside politics, there's a tone of incredible smugness to these tales. The odd single or lesbian mom aside, these are invariably well-married, well-to-do women with all the niceties of life. You see a lot of them these days: mothers talking about the "incredible intensity" of the motherhood experience while employing nannies for 8-hour days and whining about how they've had no time to work on their postmodern novel or doctoral dissertation. These women also tend to regard their offspring as fonts of Delphic wisdom and "gifted." Oh, please. Let's let these ladies stand around the daycare or the Lake Forest Starbucks and trade these stories. Or, better yet, keep them in Salon magazine along with the like-minded nattering classes.
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Summary: Some interesting perspectives
Review: I enjoyed many of the essays in this anthology, but then again, I love the Salon column anyway. As a mommy-to-be, the book emphasized the point that motherhood is something you learn by doing, and I liked hearing the experiences of other mothers - their trials and successes and the lessons learned.
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Summary: Some interesting perspectives
Review: I enjoyed many of the essays in this anthology, but then again, I love the Salon column anyway. As a mommy-to-be, the book emphasized the point that motherhood is something you learn by doing, and I liked hearing the experiences of other mothers - their trials and successes and the lessons learned.
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Summary: Love, love, love.
Review: I feel sad that this book is going to end. It is possible that I will leave it unfinished so that I always have something to look forward to in between diaper changes, visits to Gymboree that would send any sane person in search of Lithium jawbreakers, and glances in the mirror which confirm the fact that Yes, I am definitely a mother and not a starlet waiting to be discovered-- and Yes, I do have Gerbers Boysenberry slathered across both knees.
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Summary: Read this book!
Review: I picked up this book quite by accident when my son was about four months old and read it on his first plane ride. Honestly, it made me cry. It features a broad spectrum of mother's persepectives, however, I could relate to so many of them. At a time of upheaval in my life, it made me feel like I was not alone. As a first time mom who works full time at a job I love and hate alternatively, who is a staunch republican and married, I still related to so many of the columns. Unlike some of the other reviewers, I do not find the title at all offensive, I think its catchy. I think that we should embrace any book that truly celebrates mothers and recognizes that while some see mothers as one cohesive group of people, we are as varied as any segment of the population. I loved this book and recommend it to any parent who ever feels as if they are fighting to keep their sanity, despite the fact that they love their children so much they could never imagine life without them.
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Summary: Reads like a novel.
Review: If you enjoy short stories, you'll like this book. It's fun because every one is written differently by a different author so there is lots of variety. Another new book I really like is Perfect Parenting by Elizabeth Pantley - the 'practical' side of parenting.
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